_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._

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