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CeAD. _Irish_. A hundred.
CERRADA. _Span._ and _Port._ Closed, concealed, dark.
CERRO. _Span._ and _Port._ A hill, hillock.
CHABi. _Rom._ A girl. See CHABo.
CHABo, CHABe, CHABORo. _Rom._ A boy, youth, fellow. P. ii. 181; A. 51; Pp. 528; M. vii. 30; McR. 100. Possibly the origin of the English slang, "chap."
CHACHIPe. _Rom._ The truth. P. i. 138; ii. 178; A. 29; Pp. 523; M.
vii. 27.
CHAI. _Rom._ Irreg. plur. of CHABo, _q.v._ Chaps; used commonly for gypsies.
CHAL. _Rom._ A lad, boy, fellow; possibly the same as chiel, childe.
_Romano-chal_, a gypsy. McR. 98.
CHALI DEL BAHAR. _Arab._ _Bahar_ is "the sea" in Arabic; _shat_ is "the sh.o.r.e." _Chali_ is possibly a misprint for this.
CHALAN. _Span._ A jockey or horse-dealer.
CHARDi, CHaTI. _Rom._ A fair. I cannot find this word except in Borrow (Z. ii. * 36), though J. gives _chandi_. Borrow derives it from Hind, _chhetr_ = field. If so it is perhaps connected with _char_, _chor_ = gra.s.s. P. ii. 198; Pp. 529; M. vii. 29. Can it be the Persian _chatri_-canopy, tent?
CHARIPe, CHERIPEN. _Rom._ Bed, or bedstead. Hind. _charpoy_ = that which has four feet or legs. Borrow (Z. ii.* 37) wrongly suggests the Grk. ??e?t?, though giving, as elsewhere (LL. 100), the right derivation. P. ii. 203; M. vii. 32.
CHEGAR. _Port._ To arrive, land.
CHENOURAIN. Synagogues. From _shanura_, an Algerian or low Arabic word.
CHI, CHICHi. _Rom._ Nothing. P. ii. 176; M. vii. 31.
CHIBADO. _Rom._ Put into. From _chibar_, a word used in many senses.
P. ii. 184.
CHICA. _Span._ Little girl. Properly the fem. of the adj. _chico_, which is also used commonly for a boy, especially as a mode of address, or to call attention, _he_, _chico_!
CHICOt.i.tO. _Span._ Dimin. of _chico_. A little fellow, dwarf.
CHIM. _Rom._ Kingdom, country. P. ii. 295; M. viii. 82; Z. ii. * 38; and J.
CHINDOMAR. _Rom._ A butcher. From _chinar_ = to cut. P. ii. 208; Pp.
538; M. vii. 33.
CHINEL. _Rom._ A man of official position or rank. Especially an _alguacil_. Russ. _chin_, rank. P. ii. 204.
CHIn.o.bARo. _Rom._ A head official. Compounded of CHIN and BARO, _q.v._
CHIPE. _Rom._ Tongue, speech. P. ii. 216; M. vii. 31; SC. 64.
CHIRIA. Borrow gives this as Sanscrit for "bird," but I cannot find his authority. The Rom. word is _cziriklo_, _chiriclo_. See P. ii. 199.
CHOR. _Rom._ _Subs._ a thief; _verb_, to steal. P. ii. 200; A. 46; Pp.
5456; M. vii. 36.
CHOZA. _Span._ A hut or small cottage. According to Dozy and Engelmann it is the Arab. _khas_.
CHULi, plur. CHULe. _Rom._ A dollar. Span. _peso fuerte_. Borrow uses the word in his gypsy St. Luke, xv. 8, etc. P. ii. 205, has "_Chuli_ = _Groschen_," and suggests a connexion with _tchulo_ = thick. It is tempting to compare the English slang "a thick 'un" = a sovereign.
CHULi, CHURi. _Rom._ A knife. Hind. _churi_. P. ii. 210; Pp. 550; M.
vii. 39. The form with L is only found in Spanish. Pott suggests that it is a corruption of _cuchillo_. In Z. ii. 148 it is given as _Germania_, or thieves' slang, and is probably their alteration of the correct _churi_.
CHUQUEL. _Rom._ A dog. P. ii. 213; A. 64; Pp. 553; M. vii. 51; Z. ii.
* 132.
CIERRA! _Span._ "Close!" The war-cry of the Castilian chivalry; more fully, _Santiago_! _y cierra Espana_!
CIERTO. _Span._ Sure, certain.
CIERVO. _Span._ A stag.
COCAL. _Rom._ A bone. P. ii. 92; A. 52; Pp. 289; M. vii. 85.
COISA, COUSA. _Port._ A thing.
COLEGIO. _Span._ A college.
COMER. _Span._ and _Port._ To eat.
COMITIVA. _Span._ and _Port._ Suite, following, company.
COMMERCIO. _Port._ Commerce. _Span. comercio_.
COMPANHEIRO. _Port._ Companion, comrade.
COMPRAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To buy.
COMUNERO. _Span._ A member or partisan of the Communities of Castile.
See Burke's _Hist. of Spain_, ii. 316.
CON. _Span._ With.
CONCIUDADANO. _Span._ A fellow-citizen.
CONDE. _Span._ and _Port._ A count, or earl. Lat. _comes_. A t.i.tle at one time greater than that of duke in Spain. See Burke's _Hist. of Spain_, i. 148.
CONDENADO. _Span._ Condemned, d.a.m.ned.
CONQUISTAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To conquer.
