chowrie

See chowry. chowry (chou'ri), n.; pl. chowries (-riz). [Repr. Hind. chaunri, Beng. chamara, Skt. chamara.] In the East Indies, a whisk or brush used to drive off flies, often made of the bushy tail of the Tibetan yak set in a decorated handle, and in this form one of the ensigns of ancient Asiatic royalty. Also spelled chourie , chowrie . chowset, n. and v. See chouse . chowtert (chou'ter), v. i. [E. dial.; cf. chow3 and chower.] To grumble or mutter like a froward child. E. Phillips , 1706. choy-root (cho i'röt), n. Same as shaya - root . chrematistic (kre-ma-tis'tik), a . and n. [= F. chrématistique , χρηματιστικός , pertaining to busine or money-making, χρηματιστής , a man of busine , χρηματίζειν , transact busine , χρήμα (τ-), a thing, pl. χρήματα , property, wealth, money, χρῆσθαι , use.] I. a. Relating or pertaining to finance or the science of wealth. [Rare.] I am not the least versed in the chrematistic art, as an get a old friend of mine called it I know not how to Fielding , Amelia, ix. 5. II. n. Same as chrematistics .