chevrotint (she vrot in)

Same as chevrotain. The chevrotin, or little guinea deer, which is the least of all cloven-footed quadrupeds, and perhaps the most Goldsmith, Animated Nature, II. 56. beautiful. chevy, chivy (chev'i, chiv'i), v. t.; pret. and Pp. chevied, chivied, ppr. chevying, chivying. [Also written chevey, chivey, chivvy; origin obscure. See first extract.) To chase about or hunt from place to place; throw or pitch about; worry. [Slang.] Chivry is a common English word, meaning to goad, drive, vex, hunt, or throw as it were here and there. It is purely Gypsy. Chiv in Romany means anything sharp pointed, as a dagger or knife. word chiv, among its numerous meanings, has exactly that of casting, throwing, pitching, and driving. C. G. Leland. IMG:content-0254.png:[blocks in formation] A gleaming green body that might have pa ed for a huge wedge of emerald, and that I reckoned to be a dol. phin, which kept pace with us to the windward in the wake of a timid, lovely prey it was chiveying . W. C. Ru ell, Jack's Courtship, xlvi. chevy, chivy (chev'i, chiv'i), n. [ chevy , chivy , v.] A halloo; a shout; a cheer. [Slang.] chevynt, n. See cheven. chew (cho), v. [Early mod. E. and mod. colloq. and dial. also chaw; = IMG:content-0255.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Figuratively, to ruminate on in the thoughts; meditate on. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Bacon, Studies. To chew the cud, to ruminate; figuratively, to meditate. These shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud , or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he chew eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof. =Syn. 1. Bite, Gnaw, etc. See eat. Lev. xi. 4. II. in trans. 1. To perform the act of biting and grinding with the teeth; champ; ruminate. Specifically-2. To pre or grind tobacco between the teeth for the sake of its flavor or stimulating effects. [Colloq.] -3. Figuratively, to meditate; reflect. Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this. Shak ., J. C., i. 2. Let 'em rest there, And chew upon their miseries. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iii. 3. Old politicians chew on wisdom past. Pope , Moral E ays, i. 228. chew (cho), n. [ chew , v .] That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at one time; especially, a quid of tobacco. chewagh (che-wä') n. [Chinook.] The Dolly Varden trout, Salve lin us malm a: so called in British Columbia.