chiriet

A Middle English form of cherryl. chirimoya, n. Same as cherimoyer. Chirinæ (ki-ri'nē), n. pl. [NL., chirk1t (cherk), v. i. [ mod. Ε. chirp1 ), appar. regarded as directly imitative (= G. dial. zirken, schirken, chirp), but in form a variant of charken ( cherken, chorken, E. dial. chark ), creak, E. crack: see chark1, crack, and cf. chirp1, chirm, chirr.] 1. To creak; shriek; groan. Al ful of chirkyng was that sory place. Chaucer, Knight's Tale (ed. Skeat), 1. 1146. 2. To make a noise, as a bird; chirp. And kiste hire swete and chirketh [var. chirteth ] as a spar we. Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 96. Also spelled cherk . chirk2 (chèrk), v. i. [Origin uncertain; perhaps a var. of chirp; cf. chirk1, v. Cf. chirp2.] To be or become cheerful. [Colloq., New Eng.] - To chirk up, to cheer up. chirk2 (chèrk), a. Lively; cheerful; pert; in good spirits. [Colloq., New Eng.] She was just as chirk and chipper as a wren, a-wear in' her little sun-bunnet, and go in' a-huckleberry in'. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 34.