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 Chauvesouris: m. A Batt, Flittermouse, Reremouse.

Chauvesourissier: m. The bat-wing bone (in the lower part of the head) so called, because it spreads, or is made like the wing of a bat.

Chauveté: f. Bauldnesse; bauld-patednesse (and hence) also, the barenesse of a place whereon nothing growes.

Chauvir. To wax bauld.

Chauvissant. Waxing bauld; also, smiling, or smoyling.

Chauvisser. as Chauvir; Also, to smile, or smoyle. Chaux: f. as Chaulx; Lime. Chaziere: f. Looke Chasiere. Cheant. Falling, or tumbling downe.

Cheau: m. A whelpe, or cub.

Chebule. The biggest kind of the Mirabolan plumme; (is long, and somewhat like a peare, or a small leymon.

Chedins: m. The chiefe, or head men of the parish; called so by the barbarous peasant.

Chef: m. The head (of a man or woman;) also, a Chiefe, or Generall; a head, or principall Commaunder; also, the end of a place, time, or businesse; also, as Chef lieu. Le chef des armes d'une maison. Is, the eldest brother of a house, or the most ancient house in a familie, which giues th'armes thereof without any difference.  Chef d'oeuvre. A Maister-peece, or Maisters peece; any principall peece of worke, or of workemanship.  Fief en chef. A Fief held in Chiefe, or in Capite.  La piece du chef. A French coyfe.  À chef de piece. In th'end, at length; also, as one would wish it.  Venir à chef d'un'affaire. To compasse, finish, or ouercome, a businesse.  Venir à chef de son intention. To obtaine, or attaine to, his purpose; to compasse, or accomplish his desire.  Venir à chef d'un mauvais marchand. To fetch ouer or preuaile against, an euill customer.  Le pied saisit le chef. Looke Pied. Chef. Chiefe, principall; capitall; paramount; Hence; Chef cens; chef lieu; chef mets; chef seigneur, &c. Chefcier: m. The Threasurer, or keeper of a Vestrie.

Chef-gros: m. Shoomakers thread.

Chef-mois: m. A chiefe Mannor house: ¶Norm. Cheintre. f. A baulke, or swathe of grasse, along a hedge, or high-way.

Chegros: m. Shoomakers great thread.

Chelhydre. Looke Chelydre. Chelidoine: f. Celandine; (an hearbe, whereof there be two kinds.)  Chelidoine la grande. Celandine the greater, common Celandine, Tettarwort, Swallowort, Swallowes hearb.  Chelidoine mineure. Little Celandine, or, Celandine the lesse, Pilewort, Figwort.

Chelme: m. A knaue, a skellam.

Chelsydre. Looke Chelydre. Chelydre. A most venomous, and stinking Snake, or Serpent; rough-scaled, broad headed, and of a darke tawnie colour.

Chemage: m. The passage toll, or through-toll, thats payed at Sens. Chemard: m. arde: f. Sad, pensiue, melancholicke, pining away by thought, and carefulnesse.

Cheme. An ancient measure holding about two spoonefuls.

Chemer. To decrease, or be (as the Moone) in the wane; to languish, grow leane, wast, pine, or fall away through care, thought, griefe, anguish, or anxietie of mind.

Chemicher. To whimper.

Chemier: m. The eldest, or chiefe heire in a discent; who is to do homage, and such other primarie dueties for the whole land that is discended.

Chemin: m. A way; a tract, or path to go in; a street, or causey to trauell in; a road; rut; passage; course, traine; iourney.  Chemin chastellain (de Boullenois.) Is 20 foot broad.   Chemin de Clermont. Is 32 foot broad.  Chemin d'escole. The longest, or furthest way.  Chemin forain de Boullenois. Is fifteene foot broad.  Chemin S. Iacques. The white streake in the skie, tearmed, Via lactea, or, the Milkie way.  Chemin Royal. The Kings high-way; which by the customes of some places may be made 60 foot broad; in others it is to be narrower; as;  Chemin Royal de Vallois. Is but 30 foot broad in arrable grounds, and 40 in woods.  Chemin vicomtier (de Boullenois.) Is thirtie foot.   Chemin voisinal. Is to be eight foot broad.  Le grand chemin. The ordinarie high-way; (which by the customes of Tours, Lodunois, and other places, must be sixteene foot broad; in some countries much more; as;  Le grand chemin de Boullenois. Must be sixtie foot broad.   Le grand chemin de Bourgongne. Is to bee thirtie foot broad.   Le grand chemin peageau. By the custome of Anjou, and Maine, must bee foureteene foot broad.   Le grand chemin Royal de Boullenois. Is sixtie foot broad.   Le grand chemin Royal de Clermont. Is to bee 64 foot broad.   Tout d'un chemin. All vnder one.   Batre les chemins. To way-lay, or lie in wait for, passengers; to rob on the high-way.   Couper chemin à. To barre, stop, crosse, preuent, forestall.   Gaigner chemin. To make speed, go fast, ride hard, rid away apace.   Il nous faut despescher de cela, comme d'un mauvais chemin. We must rid that as wee would an ill way; we must rid our hands of that as we would our feet of ill way; such worke should as quickly be rid off, as ill way would be rid ouer.   Aller & venir font le chemin peler: Prov. Seeke Aller. Il ne se tort pas qui va plain chemin: Prov. Hee goes not much awry that keepes the high road way.  Qui a florin, roussin, & Latin par tout il trouve le chemin: Prov. He that hath store of money, a learned tongue, and a good horse, cannot misse his way.   Qui trop se haste en cheminant, en beau chemin se fourvoye: Prov. Hee that goes too fast failes in a faire way; we say, faire and softly goeth far.  Semelles, & du vin passent chemin: Pro. Shooes, and wine rid way.

Cheminant. Walking, wending, iourneying, trauelling. Qui trop se haste en cheminant en beau chemin se fourvoye: Prov. The ouer-hastie traueller misses a a plaine way; we say, the hastie man seldom wants woe