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_Wallace._
~Chak~, _s._ The act of checking, stop.
V. ~Char~.
_To_ CHAK, _v. n._
1. To gnash, to s.n.a.t.c.h at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.
_Douglas._
2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.
3. _To chak to_, to shut with a sharp sound.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
CHAKIL, _s._ The wrist.
V. ~Shackle-Bone~.
_Watson's Coll._
CHALANDRIE, _s._ Probably, imitations of singing birds.
_Burel._
Fr. _calandre_, a species of lark.
CHALDRICK, CHALDER, _s._ The name given in the Orkney Islands to the Sea-pie, Hoematopus ostralegus, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _tialldur_, id. Pennant's Zool.
CHALMER, _s._ Chamber.
_Douglas._
~Chalmer-Glew~, _s._ "Chambering, secret wantonness," Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Glew~.
CHALOUS, Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 11.
V. ~Cholle~.
CHAMBERERE, _s._ A chamberlain.
Fr. _chambrier_, id.
_King's Quair._
CHAMBRADEESE, _s._ A parlour; a name still used by some old people, Fife.
V. ~Deis~.
Fr. _chambre au dais_, a chamber with a canopy.
_To_ CHAMP, _v. a._ To chop, to mash, S. _Chomp_, Lancash., to cut things small.
Germ. Belg. _kapp-en_, id.
_G.o.dscroft._
CHAMPIT, _adj._ Having raised figures, imbossed, diapered.
_Palice of Honour._
Teut. _schamp-en_, radere, scalpere.
CHANCY, _adj._
1. Fortunate, happy, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _chanceaux_, id.
2. Foreboding good fortune, S. Any person or thing viewed as inauspicious, is said to be _no chancy_, S.
_Ross._
CHANDLER, CHANLER, _s._ A candlestick, S.
_Ramsay._
