chagul (chagol)

[E. Ind.] In the East Indies, a kind of canteen, usually made of leather, used for carrying drinking-water. chai-mui (chi'mu-i or -ma), n. [Chinese.] A game played at dinner-parties and convivial gatherings in China. It is played by two persons, who, while looking each other steadily in the face, simultaneous ly extend a hand showing some or none of the fingers, crying out at the same time the probable number of fingers thus stretched out by both. The unsucce ful gue er has a cup of wine forfeit. It is the same the A very thief in love, a chaffy lord, Nor worth the name of villain! Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 1. Slight and chaffy opinion. Glanville, Van. of Dogmat., xv. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Dollars who shall utter Shouts or Cries or make other Noises while playing the game known as Chai - Mui , between the hours of 11 p. m. and 6 a. m. Hong Kong Ordinance, No. 2, of 1872 (quoted in [Giles's Glo ary of Reference). The time is off-hand, chaffy , and must be taken in its mood. Stedman , Vict. Poets, p. 24.