Chinch ill in a (chinch i lin a)

pl. [NL., IMG:content-0298.png:[blocks in formation] There hangs the lower part of a gentlewoman's gown, with a mask and a chinclout . Middle ton, Mad World, iii. 3. chin-cought (chin'kôf), n. [For * chink - cough , chink , kink2 , + cough . See kink2 and kink host.] Same as whooping - cough . It shall ne'er be said in our country Thou diedst o' th' chin - cough . Fletcher, Bonduc a. She ran to the a istance of the good man, rubbed his forehead, and clapped him on the back, as is practised with children when they have the chin -cough. Smollett, tr. of Gil Blas, ii. 1.