An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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._
