Part 157 (1/2)

Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same sense, from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id.

_To_ CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._

1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. _Cheepe_, O. E.

_Complaynt S._

2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.

_G.o.dscroft._

3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

4. To creak, S.

Isl. _keyp-a_, vagire puerorum; _keipar_, puerorum vagitus.

~Cheip~, _s._ This admits of the same various significations as the _v._ S.

~Cheiper~, _s._ The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.

_To_ CHEIPS, _v. a._ To buy or sell.

_Maitland Poems._

A. S. _ceap-an_, emere, vendere.

_To_ CHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,

1. To choose.

_Fordun._

2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.

_Sir Tristrem._

Moes. G. _kes-an_, A. S. _ceos-an_, Belg. _kies-en_, Su. G. _kes-a_, id. Chauc. _chese_.

CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. read _chekis_.

CHEK, _s._ 1. Cheek.