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 also, a kind of racke, or stretching torture.

Chevaleter. as Chevaler; To dog, &c.

Chevaleureux. Looke Chevalereux. Chevalier: m. Signifies properly, a horseman; one that rides, or is, on horseback (and hence, also, a Gendarme, or man of Armes;) but particularly, and more commonly, a Knight, or Cavaleere; (In France the title of Chevalier is, often, a bare title of honour, and ordinarily conferred on great Officers (whether of the short, or long, Robe,) and on the Lords of great, and meane Seignories; All which may qualifie, and stile themselues Knights, as well as ordinarie Gentlemen may tearme themselues Esquiers:) Also, a daintie water-fowle, as big as a Stockdoue, and of two kinds, the one red, the other blacke; Also, the Knight-apple, somewhat bigger than an egge, and streaked all ouer with red; Also, a raising, or small heap of earth, or of clods; a ridge made by a stradling labourer, that fetches, with his mattock, &c, the earth betweene his legs, to such a height, that he seemes on horsebacke; also, a small & whitish crab, somewhat spotted with red, and so swift, as a footman can hardly ouertake her.  Chevalier Bachelier. A Knight Batchler; Looke Bachelier. Chevalier des bains. A Knight of the Bath; so called, because bathing is the principall ceremonie of his admittance into that order.  Chevalier banneret. Looke Banneret. Chevalier de Cornovaille. A Cuckold.  Chevalier au drappeau quarré. A Knight Banneret; called so in mockage.  Chevalier errant du Royaulme de Logres. A Knight errant of England; or one of King Arthures Knights.  Chevalier du guet. The Captaine of the watch; as in Guet. Chevalier honoraire. In difference from a Knight of any one of the orders; Looke Honoraire. Chevalier des loix. A Lawyer, or meere Scholler knighted.  Chevalier de S. Martin. The little spotted flie, called Ladie-henne, or, a Ladie-cow.  Hier vachier, huy chevalier: Prov. Looke Vachier. Pour l'amour du chevalier baise la Dame l'Escuyer: Prov. The Ladie kisses her man for his Masters sake.

Chevalin: m. ine: f. Of, or belonging to a horse; whence;  Bestes chevalines. Horses, mares, or coults, of what kind soeuer.  Chastaignes chevalines. A kind of great, round, and blackish chestnuts; called so, because they are good for short-winded horses.  Orges chevalines. A kind of Winter barlie; called so, because the blades thereof in the Spring are good to purge, and fatten, horses.

Chevaline: f. The hearbe called Horse-taile, or shaue-grasse.  La chevaline. Horses, horse-flesh, or, the kind of horses.

Chevalot: m. A tressle, or prop of wood; &c; as Chevalet; also, a coyne of Guelderland, worth about iij. s. sterl. Chevance: f. Cheuisance, wealth, substance, riches, goods.

Chevauchable: com. Rideable; easie to be rid on; fit to be rid in.

Chevauché: m. ée: f. Rid, bestrid, ridden, rid on; rid ouer, or vnto; and hence; Terre chevauchée est a demy mangée: Prov. The reuenue of land thats often rid vnto is halfe consumed in riding charges.

Chevauchée: f. A riding, trauelling, iourneying, a road or course, a coursing to and fro, on horsebacke; (hence) also, a Princes progresse; a Judges circuit, &c; also, a furnishing with horses to ride on.  Les chevauchées des Prevosts des Mareschaux de France. The roads made by them ouer hills, through dales, narrow passages, and other suspected places, thereby to cleere the countrey, and high-wayes of rogues, and robbers, whom as soone as they take they trusse vp.  Droict de chevauchée. Looke Droict. Chevauchement: m. A riding; or, as Chevauchée. Chevaucher. To ride, or bestride a horse; to travell on horsebacke; also, to make a road, or iourney with forces of horse and foot, against an enemie; also, to swiue a woman.  Chevaucher sa charge. To ride circuit, as a Judge, &c.  Chevaucher la chevre en la vallée. To vndertake a dangerous taske, or matter which he is most like to fayle in; Looke Chevre. Chevaucher la corde. The ball (at Tennis) to hit the line, and to get ouer it (but with much adoe.)  Chevaucher à la genette. To ride with verie short stirrups; to sit squirting on horsebacke with legs drawn vp almost vnto the saddle.

Chevaucherie: f. A riding; a swiuing.

Chevaucheur: m. A horseman; a rider; also, a Post-*maister; or one, that keepes post-horses; whence;  Chevaucheurs d'escuyrie. Postes for the Packet;  Sergent chevaucheur. A certaine Officer in the kings forrests.

Chevauchons. à chevauchons. A straddle, stradling, or bestriding, as a man, a horse.

Chevecerie: f. The Vestrie, or Treasurie of a church; the place wherein the lights, and ornaments vsed in it, are layed vp, and kept.

Cheveche: f. An Owle, or Madge-howlet; th' ordinarie rough-footed, and short-taild Owle.

Chevecher: m. The Keeper, or Treasurer of a Vestrie; a Sexton; or, as Chevecier. Chevecherie: f. The Vestrie; or, as Chevecerie. Chevechier. as Chevecier. Chevecier: m. The Treasurer, or Keeper of the Vestrie in a Cathedrall, or Collegiat Church; an Officer that hath charge of the wax, lights, and ornaments vsed therein.

Chevedage. feu, & che. A dwelling house, or house-*hold.

Cheveil. as Chevel. Chevel. Chiefe, principall: ¶Norm. Aides chevels. Looke Aide. Fief chevel. A noble inheritance held in Capite, and capable of iurisdiction.  Lieu chevel. A Mannor house, or chiefe house.

Cheveler. To sprig, or sprigle; to root, or put forth a hairie, or small, root.

Cheveliere: f. A haire-lace; also, a dressing of haire.

Chevelu: m. uë: f. Hairie, full of haire, rugged with haire, wearing long haire. Estoille cheveluë. A blazing starre. Loy cheveluë. A Law forbidding all men to weare long haire, except the Princes of the bloud, and their