CHILLED SHOT. Shot of very rapidly cooled cast-iron, _i.e._ cast in iron moulds, and thus found to acquire a hardness which renders them of nearly equal efficiency with steel shot for penetrating iron plates, yet produced at about one-quarter the price. They invariably break up on passing through the plates, and their fragments are very destructive on crowded decks; though in the attack of iron war vessels, where the demolishment of guns, carriages, machinery, turrets, &c., is required, the palm must still be awarded to steel shot and shell. CHIMBE [Anglo-Saxon]. The prominent part or end of the staves, where they project beyond the head of a cask. CHIME. _See_ CHINE. CHIME IN, TO. To join a mess meal or treat. To chime in to a chorus or song. CHINCKLE. A small bight in a line. CHINE. The backbone of a cliff, from the backbones of animals; a name given in the Isle of Wight, as Black Gang Chine, and along the coasts of Hampshire. Also, that part of the water-way which is left the thickest, so as to project above the deck-plank; and it is notched or gouged hollow in front, to let the water run free. CHINE AND CHINE. Casks stowed end to end. CHINED. Timber or plank slightly hollowed out. CHINGLE. Gravel. (_See_ SHINGLE.) CHINGUERITO. A hot and dangerous sort of white corn brandy, made in Spanish America. CHINSE, TO. To stop small seams, by working in oakum with a knife or chisel--a temporary expedient. To caulk slightly those openings that will not bear the force required for caulking. CHINSING-IRON. A caulker's tool for chinsing seams with. CHIP, TO. To trim a gun when first taken from the mould or castings. CHIPS. The familiar soubriquet of the carpenter on board ship. The fragments of timber and the planings of plank are included among chips.--_Chip of the old block_, a son like his father. CHIRURGEON. [Fr.] The old name for surgeon. CHISEL. A well-known edged tool for cutting away wood, iron, &c. CHIT. A note. Formerly the note for slops given by the officer of a division to be presented to the purser. CHIULES. The Saxon ships so called. CHIVEY. A knife. CHLET. An old Manx term for a rock in the sea. CHOCK. A sort of wedge used to rest or confine any weighty body, and prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion. Also, pieces fitted to supply a deficiency or defect after the manner of filling. Also, blocks of timber latterly substituted beneath the beams for knees, and wedged by iron keys. (_See_ BOAT-CHOCKS.)--_Chock of the bowsprit._ _See_ BEND.--_Chocks of the rudder_, large accurately adapted pieces of timber kept in readiness to choak the rudder, by filling up the excavation on the side of the rudder hole, in case of any accident. It is also choaked or chocked, when a ship is likely to get strong stern-way, when tiller-ropes break, &c.--_To chock_, is to put a wedge under anything to prevent its rolling. (_See_ CHUCK.)