Word Meanings - CHANCE-MEDLEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

• ANOTHERGAINES
  Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
• ANOTHERGATES
  Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
• ANOTHERGUESS
  Of another sort. [Archaic] It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• Killdeer
  A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).
• CHAUDMEDLEY
  The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.
• Another-gaines
  Of another kind.
• DEFENSEDEFENCE
  The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making defen
• Another-gates
  Of another sort.
• Killesse
  A gutter, groove, or channel.
• KILLDEEKILLDEER
  A small American plover (Ægialitis vocifera). Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.
• Another-guess
  Of another sort.
• Killifish
  Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish
• Chaud-medley
  The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray.
• Killigrew
  The Cornish chough. See under Chough.

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