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Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same sense, from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id.
_To_ CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._
1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. _Cheepe_, O. E.
_Complaynt S._
2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.
_G.o.dscroft._
3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
4. To creak, S.
Isl. _keyp-a_, vagire puerorum; _keipar_, puerorum vagitus.
~Cheip~, _s._ This admits of the same various significations as the _v._ S.
~Cheiper~, _s._ The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.
_To_ CHEIPS, _v. a._ To buy or sell.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _ceap-an_, emere, vendere.
_To_ CHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,
1. To choose.
_Fordun._
2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.
_Sir Tristrem._
Moes. G. _kes-an_, A. S. _ceos-an_, Belg. _kies-en_, Su. G. _kes-a_, id. Chauc. _chese_.
CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. read _chekis_.
CHEK, _s._ 1. Cheek.
_Douglas._
2. The post of a gate.
_Douglas._
CHEKER, CHECKER, _s._ The exchequer.
_Stat. Rob. III._
CHELIDERECT, _s._ A kind of serpent.
_Burel._
Fr. _chelydre_, Lat. _chelydrus_, id.
CHEMAGe.
V. ~Chemys~.
_Wallace._
_Chemes hie_, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.
CHEMER, _s._ A loose upper garment.
V. ~Chymour~.
_Barbour._
CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, _s._ A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.
_Baron Courts._
O. Fr. _chefmez_, _chefmois_, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B. _caput mansi_.
CHENYIE, CHENYe, _s._ A chain.
_Complaynt S._
CHENNONIS, _s. pl._ Canons belonging to a cathedral.
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