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_Douglas._

2. The post of a gate.

_Douglas._

CHEKER, CHECKER, _s._ The exchequer.

_Stat. Rob. III._

CHELIDERECT, _s._ A kind of serpent.

_Burel._

Fr. _chelydre_, Lat. _chelydrus_, id.

CHEMAGe.

V. ~Chemys~.

_Wallace._

_Chemes hie_, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.

CHEMER, _s._ A loose upper garment.

V. ~Chymour~.

_Barbour._

CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, _s._ A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.

_Baron Courts._

O. Fr. _chefmez_, _chefmois_, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B. _caput mansi_.

CHENYIE, CHENYe, _s._ A chain.

_Complaynt S._

CHENNONIS, _s. pl._ Canons belonging to a cathedral.

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