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 130 Chakky cheese. The fmit of the common mallow. c. See Cheeses. Chall. ^ cowhouse. Champion lode. Principal or leading lode. Chamy. (Pronounced Chah-me). The profile of a toothless person, when it falls in at the mouth, gives the appearance called chamy. Chape. The catch of anything, as of a buckle, or the hook of a scabbard. The tip of a scabbard. Chaunt or Chaunty. To scold, to mutter, to prate. M.A.C. Cheel or Cheeld. Child. Cheldern. Children. Cheel-vean. Little child. Often used as a term of endearment. Vean, Celtic Cornish for little. Cheeldin. In labour with child, also pregnant. '^The childing autumn," i.e., the pregnant autumn. ShaksjJere in the Midsummer Night's Dream. (Chylded, Brought forth.) Sjpenser, Cheens or Cheins. The loins, the small of the back; cheiin is Celtic Cornish for back. . > Cheeiling. Sprouting in the dark, as of potatoes in a dark cellar. Cherk or Chark. A cinder, a piece of charcoal. Chirk, Callington, Cheeses. Seed ^essels of the mallow. Chuck-cheeses. (Chukky-cheeses. F.c.)