Cheure. See Choor.
Chevil (or Chevril) Goldfinch. A large variety of goldfinch, with a white throat. See Birds of Wilts, p. 203, for a full description of the bird.—N. & S.W.
Chewree. See Choor.
Chib. 'Potato-chibs,' the grown-out shoots in spring. See Chimp.—S.W.
Chiddlens, Chiddlins. Pigs' chitterlings (H.S.Wr.).—N. & S.W.
Children of Israel. *(1) A small garden variety of Campanula, from the profusion of its blossoms (English Plant Names). (2) Malcolmia maritima, Br., Virginian Stock, occasionally.
Chilver, Chilver-lamb. A ewe lamb (A.).—N.W.
Chilver-hog. A ewe under two years old (D.). The word hog is now applied to any animal of a year old, such as a hog bull, a chilver hog sheep. 'Chilver' is a good Anglo-Saxon word, 'cilfer,' and is related to the word 'calf.' A chilver hog sheep simply means in the dialect of the Vale of Warminster, a female lamb a year old. See Wilts Arch. Mag. xvii. 303.—N. & S.W.
Chimney-sweeps. Flowering-heads of some grasses.—N.W. (Lyneham.)