Chapter L: B. chamfrenum, Du Cange; Fr. chanfrain, chanfrein

CHEVIN, _part. pa._ Succeeded, prospered.

_Maitland Poems._

Fr. _chevir_, to obtain, also to make an end.

CHEWAL, _adj._ Distorted.

V. ~Shevel~ and ~Showl~.

_Dunbar._

CHEWALRY, _s._

1. Men in arms, of whatever rank.

_Barbour._

2. Courage, prowess in arms.

_Barbour._

Fr. _chevalerie_, knighthood, transferred to armed men without
distinction. It also signifies prowess.

~Chewalrous~, _adj._ Brave, gallant.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _chevaleureux_, illustris, nobilis.

~Chewalrusly~, _adv._ Bravely, gallantly.

_Barbour._

_To_ CHEWYS, _v. a._ To compass, to achieve, to accomplish.

_Barbour._

~Chewysance~, ~Chewysans~, _s._ Acquirement, provision, means of sustenance.

_Wallace._

_To_ CHICK, _v. n._ To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S.

Teut. _kick-en_, mutire, minimam vocem edere.

CHICKENWORT, _s._ Chickweed, S. Alsine media, Linn.

From _chicken_ and _wort_, an herb.

CHIEL, CHIELD, _s._

1. A servant.

_Chamber-cheil_, a servant who waits in a gentleman's chamber, a valet.

_Pitscottie._

Su. G. _kullt_, a boy, _kulla_, a girl, _kulle_, offspring. Or _Child_, q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E. _Cheild_ or _Cheeld_.

2. A fellow, used either in a good or bad sense, although more commonly as expressive of disrespect, S.

_Ramsay._

3. A stripling, a young man, S. It is applied indifferently to a young man or woman, S. B.

_Ross._

4. An appellation expressive of fondness, S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ CHIER, CHEIR, _v. a._ To cut, to wound.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _scear-an_, _scer-an_, tondere. Cheard, which occurs in the
same stanza, seems to be the pret. of the _v._

CHIERE, _s._ Chair.

_King's Quair._

CHILD, CHYLD, _s._ A servant, a page.

_Wallace._

In O. E., a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honour of knighthood.

A. S. _cild_; like L. _infans_, Fr. _enfant_, Hisp. _infant_,
transferred to the heir apparent of a sovereign.

~Childer~, _pl._ Children, S. Lancash.

A. S. _cildru_, pueri.

_Wallace._

CHILD-ILL, _s._ Labour, pains of child-bearing.

_Barbour._

CHYMES, s. A chief dwelling.

V. ~Chemys~.

CHYMOUR, ~Chymer~, _s._ A light gown, E. _cymar_.

_Maitland Poems._

Fr. _chamarre_, a loose and light gown. Ital. _ciamare_, Belg.
_samare_.

CHIMNEY, CHIMLEY, _s._ A grate, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

Corn. _tschimbla_, a chimney.

~Chimley-brace~, _s._ The mantle-piece, S.

~Chimla-lug~, _s._ The fire-side, S.

CHINE, _s._ The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.

_Acts Cha. I._

Isl. _kani_, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. _Chine_, however, may be corr. from E. _chime_, _chimb_, id., especially as Teut. _kieme_, and _kimme_, signify margo vasis; and Su. G. _kim_, extremum dolii.

CHINGLE, _s._ Gravel, S.

V. ~Channel~.

_Statist. Acc._

~Chingily~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CHIP, CHYP, _v. n._

1. A bird is said to be _chipping_, when it cracks the shell. A. Bor. id.

2. To break forth from a shell or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.

_Douglas._

3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.

_Minstrelsy Border._

4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.

5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S. O.

Belg. _kipp-en_, to hatch, to disclose.

CHYRE, _s._ Cheer, entertainment.

_Dunbar._

_To_ CHIRK, JIRK, JIRG, CHORK, _v. n._

1. To make a grating noise, S.

_Popular Ball._

_To chirk with the teeth_, also actively, _to chirk the teeth_, to rub them against each other, S.

2. Used to denote "the noise made by the feet when the shoes are full of water," S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _cearc-ian_, crepitare, stridere, to gnash, to creak; Chaucer,
to _chirke_.

_To_ CHIRME, _v. n._

1. Used to denote the mournful sound emitted by birds, especially when collected together before a storm, S.

_Douglas._

2. To chirp, without necessarily implying the idea of a melancholy note, S.

_Ferguson._

3. To be peevish, to be habitually complaining, S.

Belg. _kerm-en_, lamentari, quiritari, Isl. _jarmr_, vox avium,
garritus.

~Chyrme~, _s._ Note, applied to birds.

_Douglas._

_To_ CHIRT, _v. a._

1. To squeeze, to press out, S.

_Douglas._

2. To act in a griping manner; also, to squeeze or practise extortion, S.

CHIT, _s._ A small bit of bread, or of any kind of food, S.

_To_ CHITTER, _v. n._

1. To shiver, to tremble, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To chatter. The teeth are said to _chitter_, when they strike against each other, S.

Teut. _tsitter-en_, Germ. _schutt-ern_, to quiver.

CHITTER-LILLING, _s._ An opprobrious term.

_Dunbar._

Perhaps the same as E. _chitterlin_, the intestines.

_To_ CHIZZEL, _v. a._ To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B. _Chouse_, E.

Belg. _kweezel-en_, to act hypocritically.

CHIZZARD.

V. ~Kaisart~.

CHOKKEIS, pronounced _chouks_, _s. pl._ The jaws, properly the glandular parts under the jaw-bones, S.

V. ~Chukis~.

_Wallace._

Isl. _kalke_, _kialke_, maxilla, the jaws, _kuok_, gula, faux bruti.

~Chok-band~, _s._ The small strip of leather by which a bridle is fastened around the jaws of a horse, S.

CHOL, CHOW, _s._ The jole or jowl.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _ceole_, faucis, _ceolas_, fauces, the jaws.

_Cheek for chow_, S. cheek by jole.

_Ramsay._

CHOLER, CHULLER, CHURL, _s._ A double-chin, S.

_Journal Lond._

CHOLLE, _s._ Perhaps the chough.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

_To_ CHORK.

V. ~Chirk~.

_To_ CHORP, _v. n._ To emit a creaking sound, Loth.

CHOSS, _s._ Choice.

_Barbour._

CHOUKS.

V. ~Chokkis.~

CHOW, _s._ The jowl.

V. ~Chol~.

CHOWPIS, _pret. v._ Chops about.

_Douglas._

CHOWS, _s. pl._ A smaller kind of coal, much used in forges, S.; perhaps from Fr. _chou_, the general name of coal.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CHOWTLE, CHUTTLE, _v. n._ To chew feebly, as a child, or an old person does, S.

Isl. _jodla_, infirmiter mandere.

CHRYSTISMESS, _s._ Christmas.

_Wallace._

CHUCKIE, _s._ A low or cant term for a hen, S.

Belg. _kuyken_, a chicken.

~Chuckie-Stane~, _s._

1. A small pebble, S.

Teut. _keyken_, a small flint; if not from the circumstance of such
stones being swallowed by domestic fowls.

2. A game, used by girls, in tossing up, and catching pebbles as they fall, is called the _Chuckie-stanes_.

CHUF, _s._ Clown.

_Maitland Poems._

Evidently the same with _Cufe_, q. v.

CHUK, _s._ Asellus marinus.

_Sibbald._

CHUKIS, _s. pl._ Apparently, a swelling of the jaws.

_Gl. Complaynt._

A. S. _ceacena swyle_, faucium tumor.

CHUM, _s._ Food, provision for the belly, Clydes. _Scaff_, synon.

CIETEZOUR, _s._ A citizen.

_Bellenden._

CYGONIE, _s._ The stork.

_Burel._

Fr. _cicogne_, id.

CYNDIRE, _s._ A term denoting ten swine.

_Forrest Lawe._

_To_ CIRCUMJACK, _v. n._ To correspond with, W. Loth.

CYSTEWS, _s. pl._ Cistertian monks; Fr. _Cistaws_.

_Wyntown._

CITHARIST, _s._ The harp.

_Houlate._

CITHOLIS, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Houlate._