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

_Godscroft_

3 To mutter; applied metaph to man, S

_Bannatyne Poems_

4 To creak, S

Isl _keyp-a_, vagire pueroruitus

~Cheip~, _s_ This adnifications 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_