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

Corn. tschimbla, a chimney.

Chimley-brace, s. The mantle-piece, S.

Chimla-lug, s. The fire-side, S.

CHINE, s. The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.
Acts Cha. I.

Isl. kani, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. Chine, however, may be corr. from E. chime, chimb, id., especially as Teut. kieme, and kimme, signify margo vasis; and Su. G. kim, extremum dolii.

CHINGLE, s. Gravel, S.
V. [Channel].
Statist. Acc.

Chingily, adj. Gravelly, S.
Statist. Acc.

To CHIP, CHYP, v. n.
1. A bird is said to be chipping, when it cracks the shell. A. Bor. id.
2. To break forth from a shell or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.
Douglas.
3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.
Minstrelsy Border.
4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.
5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S. O.

Belg. kipp-en, to hatch, to disclose.

CHYRE, s. Cheer, entertainment.
Dunbar.