Part 160 (1/2)

CHINE, _s._ The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.

_Acts Cha. I._

Isl. _kani_, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. _Chine_, however, may be corr. from E.

_chime_, _chimb_, id., especially as Teut. _kieme_, and _kimme_, signify margo vasis; and Su. G. _kim_, extremum dolii.

CHINGLE, _s._ Gravel, S.

V. ~Channel~.

_Statist. Acc._

~Chingily~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CHIP, CHYP, _v. n._

1. A bird is said to be _chipping_, when it cracks the sh.e.l.l. A. Bor.

id.

2. To break forth from a sh.e.l.l or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.

_Douglas._

3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.

_Minstrelsy Border._

4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.

5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S.

O.

Belg. _kipp-en_, to hatch, to disclose.

CHYRE, _s._ Cheer, entertainment.

_Dunbar._

_To_ CHIRK, JIRK, JIRG, CHORK, _v. n._

1. To make a grating noise, S.

_Popular Ball._