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

CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, s. A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.
Baron Courts.

O. Fr. chefmez, chefmois, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B. caput mansi.

CHENYIE, CHENYÉ, s. A chain.
Complaynt S.

CHENNONIS, s. pl. Canons belonging to a cathedral.
Houlate.

To CHEPE, v. n. To chirp.
V. [Cheip].

CHESBOW, s. The poppy.
V. [Chasbol].

To CHESE, v. a. To choose.
V. [Cheis].

CHESYBIL, s. An ecclesiastical dress, O. E. chesuble, a short vestment without sleeves.
Wyntown.

L. B. casubla, Fr. casuble, id. a little cope.

CHESS, s. The frame of wood for a window, a sash, S.