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Fr. _chandelier_, a branch for holding candles, used obliquely.

Grose mentions _chaundler_.

~Chanler-Chafted~, _adj._ Lantern-jawed; having chops like a _chandler_ or candlestick, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

CHANNEL, _s._ Gravel, S. (synon. _chad_) perhaps from _channel_, the bed of a river.

V. ~Chingle~.

~Channelly~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CHANNER, _v. n._ To fret, to be in a chiding humour, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

CHANOS, _adj._ Gray.

V. ~Canois~.

_Douglas._

CHANTERIS, _s. pl._ Laics endowed with ecclesiastical benefices.

_Bannatyne Poems._

CHAP, _s._

1. A fellow; a contemptuous term; sometimes _chappie_, or ”little _chap_,” S.

_Burns._

2. Like _chield_, it is also applied to a female, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _kaeps_, _keips_, _kaebs_, h.o.m.o servilis conditionis.

_To_ CHAP, _v. a._

1. To strike with a hammer, or any instrument of similar use, S.

Teut. _kapp-en_, incidere; Belg. _schopp-en_, to strike, Sewel.

_To_ ~Chap~ _hands_, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S.