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 also, to calculate, or examine, an accompt, by cyphering.

Chignon: m. The Chyne, or chyne-peece of the necke; also, a knot, or knurre in a peece of Wood, or Tymber.

Chigros: m. Shoomakers thread; or, a tatching end.

Chil. as Chile. Chilagogue: f. A choler-purging medicine.

Chile: m. ''The Chilus, or white iuice (of disgested meat) whereof our bloud commeth. Looke'' Chyle. Chilifier. To concoct, disgest, or turne into a milkie, or white iuice.

Chiller. To seele, or sow vp the eyes; as Siller. Chilleure: f. A seeling, or sowing vp of the eyes.

Chilonique. à la Chilonique. Briefely, succinctly, compendiously; (from one of the Grecian wisemen, Chilo, who in all his speeches, and writings was verie short.)

Chimagrée: f. ''A wry-mouth, &c. Looke'' Simagrée. Chimeres: f. Chymeraes, idle conceits, friuolous thoughts, fond wishes, fruitlesse imaginations, castles in the ayre, things that neuer were.

Chimeric: m. ique: f. Imaginarie, altogether in fancie, that neuer was nor will be, onely in conceit.

Chimie: f. Melting; or Extraction; the second part of Alchymie.

Chimique: com. Chimicall, or Alchymisticall; extractiue, melting.

Chimolie. terre chimolie. A kind of earth that is good against burning, and hot impostumes.

Chinage. as Chemage. Chinchille: f. A little, Indian, and Squirrell-like beast, which hath a verie smooth, and wholesome, skin.

Chine: f. A red, and spungious Indian root, good against the Gout.

Chinfreneau: m. A stampe, iert, wipe; thumpe, knocke, bob.

Chinon du col: m. The nape of the necke; or as Chignon. Chinquer. To quaffe, swill, tiple, carouse, drinke extreamely.

Chiolé: m. ée: f. Whelped.

Chiorme: f. A banke of Oares; or, the whole companie of slaues, Rowers (in a Galley;) also, the noise they make in rowing; also, (in a ship) the Saylers; and, the noise they make, in weighing of ankers, and hoising vp of saile-*yards.

Chiot: m. A whelpe, or little dog.

Chipault. il est tout chipault. He is all to be ragged, and rent.

Chipoter. To dodge, miche, paulter; trifle; &c; as Chapoter. Chipoterie: f. Dodging, miching, paultering; trifling, fidling, foolish medling.

Chipoutou: m. A niggard; a micher, dodger, paulterer; a miser, pinch-pennie, scrape-good, pennifather. ¶Gasc. Chippe. A barke, or ship; also, an old clout, ragge, or patch.

Chiquaner. Looke Chicaner. Chiquanique: com. Wrangling, litigious, pettifogger-like.

Chiquanourris. peuple ch. Craftie pleaders, or pettifoggers; wrangling, or litigious followers of causes.

Chiquanous. A litigious pleader, craftie pettifogger. Chiques. as Chiches. ¶Picard. Chiquenaude: f. A fillip; flirt, or bob giuen with the finger, or nayle.

Chiquenaudé: m. ée: f. Fillipped; flirted; bobbed with the finger.

Chiquenauder. To fillip; to flirt, or bob, with the finger.

Chiquenie. as Squenie. Chiquetant. Cutting, shredding, iagging; cutting into shreds, gashes, iags.

Chiqueté: m. ée: f. Cut, gashed, iagged, hacked.

Chiqueter. To cut; gash, iag, hacke.

Chiqueteur: m. A cutter.

Chiquetteres: f. Cuttings, iags, or shreds of cloth.

Chiqueture: f. A cutting; a gash, cut, garse*; a launcing, shredding, slitting.

Chiquot: m. A scale in the root, or end of a nayle; also, a sprig, or shoot of a tree; also, the stumpe of a tooth.

Chiquoter. To sift, search, or seeke out; also, to hacke, with a knife, &c.

Chiragre: f. Hand-gout; the gout in the hands.

Chiroacte. Nimble of hand, quicke fingered. ¶Rab. Chiroaine. Looke Ciroesne. Chirographaire. Creancier chirographaire. That hath for his assurance a Bill, or Note vnder the debtors hand.

Chiromantie. Palmistrie; a guessing at ones fortune by the markes, or making, of his hand.

Chiromantien. A Palmister, a Fortune-teller.

Chiron. as Ciron. Chirugial: m. ale: f. Belonging vnto Surgerie.

Chirurgie: f. Surgerie.

Chirurgien: m. A Surgeon.

Choc: m. A shocke, a brunt; a bustling, or hurrying together; a violent incounter, or coping of armed, and angrie, souldiors.

Chocailler. as Chocquailler. Chochepierre. A kind of Nowpe, or Bullfinch, that feeds most on the kernels of Cherristones.

Chocquailler. as Choquer; (especially in the last sence) to drinke, tiple, quaffe, &c.

Chocquer. Looke Choquer. Choenes. porteurs de choenes. So doe surueyors and measurers of land call those that goe before them, and carrie their lines, or chaines, and rods wherewith they measure.

Choerin: m. A shoate, or barrow pig.

Choëur: m. The Quire of a Church; also, a round, ring, or troope of singers, or dauncers; or of Auditors, or Spectators of those, or the like Exercises.  Enfans de choëur. Quirresters.

Choier. Looke Choyer. Choine: m. A loafe of white bread. ¶Norm. Choir. Looke Cheoir. Chois: m. A choice, election, picking, or culling out; also, store, abundance, Gods plentie, good choice.

Choisi: m. ie: f. Chosen, elected; culled, picked out from others; also, seene, or discerned, a farre off.

Choisir. To chuse, elect; cull, or picke out; also, to see, or discerne, a farre off. Il ne choisit pas qui emprunte: Prov. Borrowers must not be chusers. Qui avec son seigneur mange poires, il ne choisit pas des meilleures: Pro. Looke Poire.

Choison: f. Opportunitie, occasion; also, as Foison.

Choisne: m. A loafe of white bread. ¶Norm.

Cholagogue: f. The thin, or small gut, wherein the