Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is
abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers
in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European
allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C.
finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}),
called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter
shad}.
{Hardboaded}, or {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden.
{Hickory}, or {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca.
{Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
{Gerres}.
{Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A.
Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose
blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and
the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence
they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called
{service tree}, and {Juneberry}.
{Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
{Trout shad}, the squeteague.
{White shad}, the common shad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chad \Chad\, n.
See {Shad}. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Chad
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad
or its people or language; "the Chadian desert"; "Chad
soldiers"; "Chadian folktales" [syn: {Chad}, {Chadian}]
n 1: a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a
hole is punched in a card or paper tape
2: a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river [syn:
{Lake Chad}, {Chad}]
3: a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was
under French control until 1960 [syn: {Chad}, {Republic of
Chad}, {Tchad}]
4: a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones)
spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north
central Africa [syn: {Chad}, {Chadic}, {Chadic language}]
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