An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CHACKE-BLYND-MAN, s. Blind man's buff.
Bp. Forbes.

Jockie-blind-man, Angus, id.

CHACKLOWRIE, s. Mashed cabbage, mixed amongst barley-broth, Aberd.

CHAD, s. Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of a river, S. B.

Teut. kade, litus, ora.

Chaddy, adj. Gravelly; as, chaddy ground, that which chiefly consists of gravel, S.

To CHAFF, v. n. To chatter, to be loquacious, Loth.

Teut. keff-en, gannire, latrare.

CHAFTIS, CHAFTS, s. pl. Chops, S.A. Bor. chafts.
Peblis to the Play.

Su. G. kiaeft, kaeft, Isl. kiaft-ur, the jaw-bone. A. Bor. chafts, chefts, id. Hence also E. chops.