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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 sh.e.l.l. A. Bor.
id.
2. To break forth from a sh.e.l.l 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 s.h.i.+ver, 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.
