chessomt (chesum)

[A variant of ME. chesel: see chesil, chisell.] A kind of sandy and clayey earth. Hall i well. The tender che om and mellow earth is the best, being mere mould. Bacon , Nat. Hist. is drawn in various fantastic ways. che -tree (ches'trē), n. In ship-building, a beam of wood formerly bolted to the side of a ship abaft the fore-chains, to which the main tack was hauled down. Che y copper. See copper. che ylite (ches'i-līt), n. [