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chili [′chil·ē] (meteorology) A warm, dry, descending wind in Tunisia, resembling the sirocco; in southern Algeria it is called chichili.
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"Try a chili with it, Miss Sharp," said Joseph, really interested. In Chili, Tucuman, and other parts, it has converted them, we are told, into Tartar-like tribes, and enabled them to keep the Spaniards out of their country, and even to make it dangerous for them to venture far from their towns and settlements. When South America, that is to say, Peru, Chili, Brazil, the provinces of La Plata and Columbia, had poured forth their quota into their hands, the sum of $300,000, it found itself in possession of a considerable capital, of which the following is a statement: |
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