n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. --
China bean. See under Bean, 1. --
China clay See Kaolin. --
China grass, Same as Ramie. --
China ink. See India ink. --
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. --
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). --
China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. --
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. --
Pride of China,
China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans.
Syn. -- China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a tree of N India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern US as a shade tree.
Syn. -- chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde. ] (Chem.) See Quinaldine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chinamen A native of China; a Chinese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. dishes made of china; porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. echinatus. See Echinus. ] Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
Syn. -- echinulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. machinalis: cf. F. machinal. ] Of or pertaining to machines. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Machinated p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating ] [ L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine. ] To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. “How long will you machinate!” Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. machinatio: cf. F. machination. ] 1. The act of machinating. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devilish machinations come to naught. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ingenious machinations had failed. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The People's Republic of China, also called Communist China, in distinction from Nationalist China, the government located on the island of Taiwan. Both governments claim to represent the entire people of China, but the People's republic is recognized as China by the United Nationss and most of its member states.
Syn. -- Red China, PRC, Beijing. [ PJC ]

n. [ Pseudo- + china. ] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (Smilax Pseudo-china), found in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Shekinah. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Tachinae [ NL., fr. Gr. tachino`s, for tachy`s swift. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Trichinae [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; hairy, made of hair, fr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair. ] (Zool.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis. [ 1913 Webster ]