Defn: The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.
CHOULE
Choule, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.
CHOULTRY
Choul"try, n.
Defn: See Choltry.
CHOUSE Chouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] Etym: [From Turk. cha\'d4sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of £4,000.]
Defn: To cheat, trick, defraud; — followed by of, or out of; as, to
chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]
The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.
Landor.
CHOUSE
Chouse, n.
1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.
2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.