cheverilizet (cheveriliz)

t. [ -ize.] To make as pliable as kid leather. I appeal to your own, though never so much cheveril i zed, consciences, my good calumniators. Bp . Mountagu , Appeal to Cæsar, p. 23. dre . Compare cavalier.-4. In her., an armed knight, usually mounted. If mounted, the blazon should state the fact.-5t. In ornith., an old and disused name of the greenshank, redshank, and other birds of the genus Totanus. Also called gambet and horseman.- Chevalier d'industrie (F., knight of industry), a man who lives by his wits; a swindler; a sharper.