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

CHOLER, CHULLER, CHURL, s. A double-chin, S.
Journal Lond.

CHOLLE, s. Perhaps the chough.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

To CHORK.
V. [Chirk].

To CHORP, v. n. To emit a creaking sound, Loth.

CHOSS, s. Choice.
Barbour.

CHOUKS.
V. [Chokkis].

CHOW, s. The jowl.
V. [Chol].

CHOWPIS, pret. v. Chops about.
Douglas.

CHOWS, s. pl. A smaller kind of coal, much used in forges, S.; perhaps from Fr. chou, the general name of coal.
Statist. Acc.

To CHOWTLE, CHUTTLE, v. n. To chew feebly, as a child, or an old person does, S.