An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 161

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 161

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, p.r.o.nounced _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._