chawmt

and n. See chawn. chawnt (chân), v. [Early mod. E. also written chaun, chawne, cho an, choane, and erroneously chaum, chaume; perhaps for * jawn, a dial. form of yawn, q. v. (cf. chaw2, obs. form of jaw, and chawl, chaul, obs. forms of jowl ); or perhaps (through cho an ) ult. IMG:content-0197.png:[blocks in formation] The sun, with its mighty heat, so parched and filled it with chops and chauns. Bp. Craft , On Burnet's Theory of the Earth, p. 113. Fenda e [F.], a cleft, rift, chop, choane. Cotgrave. chaw-stick (châ'stik), n. Same as chew-stick. supposed pl. chaise .] A chaise. [Colloq.] Have you heard of the wonderful one-ho shay? twelfth and thirteenth centuries were either of linked mail or made not unlike the gambeson; in either case the defensive part did not cover the lower portion of the body and the back of the thighs, for this would have interfered with the seat on the saddle, but was attached to a sort of short breeches of linen, leather, or other similar material. See first cut (fig. 1) under armor. n., with ref. to chawl, chew: see chavel, n., chaw1, chew.] To chew. [Prov. Eng.]