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

Chaft-Blade, s. The jaw-bone, S.

Chaft-Talk, s. Talking, prattling, Aberd. from chaft and talk.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To CHAIPE, v. n. To escape.
Wallace.

Fr. eschapp-er, Ital. scapp-are, id.

CHAIPES, CHAPIS, s. pl. Price, rate, established value of goods.
Acts Ja. I.

A. S. ceap, price; from ceap-an, to buy.

To CHAISTIFIE, v. a. To chastise.
Bellenden.

To CHAK, v. a. To check.
Wallace.

Chak, s. The act of checking, stop.
V. [Char].

To CHAK, v. n.
1. To gnash, to snatch at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.
Douglas.
2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.
3. To chak to, to shut with a sharp sound.
Bellenden.