choult

A Middle English form of jowl. choultry, n. See choltry. chow3 (chou), v. i. [E. dial. Cf. chowter.] To grumble. [Prov. chow (chou), n. [Chinese.] A word forming part of the names of many places in China, in- dicating either a prefecture or district of the second rank or the chief city of such a dis- trict: thus, Ning-hai- chow may mean either the district of Ning-hai or the city of Ning-hai. Sometimes spelled chao , chau , and choo . choups (chöps), n . pl . [E. dial.] Hips;; the chow (chou), n. [Hind. chau (chiefly in comp.), fruit of briers. [North. Eng.]