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

CHEESE-HAKE, s. A frame for drying cheeses when newly made, S.
V. [Hake].

CHEESE-RACK, s. The same with Cheese-hake, S.
Ferguson.

To CHEIM, v. a. To divide equally; especially in cutting down the backbone of an animal, S. B.

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 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.