Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chew.
- To ruiminate upon.
- noun A chew; a quid.
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Examples
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Born in 1949, in what was then the Soviet republic of Georgia, Mr. Tchigirinski (pronounced chig-uh-RIN-sky) moved to Moscow in the 1970s to study medicine.
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And I would have to agree they had too many irons in the fire, and the show would have been better recived if they saved the chig conflict for later.
KAMN Show #16: Space: Above and Beyond : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2006
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Therefore, when dzogchen texts refer to the recognition of rigpa as the one that cuts off all for complete liberation (chig-chod kun-grol, the panacea for complete liberation), we need to understand this correctly.
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Although Tibet has never had a bhikshuni ordination lineage and only a tradition of novice nuns, it has had a number of famous women practitioners, starting with Machig Labdron (Ma-chig Lab-sgron) in the eleventh century CE.
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"That 's her," he said to himself, as he presently caught sight of a girl in gorgeous array, standing with her hands folded, and a very small hat perched on the top of a very large "chig-non," as Tom pronounced it.
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The suppuration (chig-chig, as the Quichuas say) from which we were suffering took a long time to loosen its hold on us.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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"That 's her," he said to himself, as he presently caught sight of a girl in gorgeous array, standing with her hands folded, and a very small hat perched on the top of a very large "chig-non," as Tom pronounced it.
An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870
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"That 's her," he said to himself, as he presently caught sight of a girl in gorgeous array, standing with her hands folded, and a very small hat perched on the top of a very large "chig-non," as Tom pronounced it.
An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860
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Roeddwn i dipyn yn hwyr ond roedd yna ddigon o lysiau, ffrwythau, bara, sebon a chig oen!
Blogiadur.com 2010
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Because the path of essence mahamudra rids practitioners of the emotional and cognitive obscurations all at once, it is known as “the singular sufficient white panacea” (dkar-po chig-thub, all-curing single white panacea, single white remedy, self-sufficient white remedy).]
Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 2 Eliminating Confusion about the Practice of the Path Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006
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