Cheef-mete, sb. chief meat, PP, S2.

Chees; see Chesen.

Cheest; see Chest.

Cheffare, sb. business, S; see Chaffare.

Chekelew, adj. suffocating, HD; see ~-lewe~.

Cheken, v. to choke, suffocate, MD, Prompt., SkD.  See NED (s.v. achoke).

Cheker, sb. exchequer, PP; see Escheker.

Cheld, adj. cold, S2; see Cold.

Chelde, sb. cold, PP.

Chelden, v. to grow cold, S; kelde, MD.—­AS. cealdian.

Che*le, sb. chill, S, S2; see Chil.

Che*le, sb. throat, fur made up from the fur about the marten’s throat, S; cheole, MD; chelle, MD.—­AS. ceole, the throat; cp.  OHG. che*la (G. kehle).  See Mertheschele.

Chelle, sb. bowl, incense-vessel, S.—­AS. ciella (cylle), a vessel for drinking; cp.  OHG. chella.

Chemys, sb. chief mansion, JD; see Chymmys.

Chene; see Chyne.

Cheosen; see Chesen.

Chepe, sb. bargain, business, MD; cheap, S. Phr.:  good chepe, cheap, MD; gret chep, plenty, cheapness, MD; to good cheep, too cheaply, G.—­AS. cA(C)ap, business, purchase, price, also, cattle; Icel. kaup, bargain; cp.  OHG. kouf(Otfrid).

Chepe, sb.  Cheapside, S3, P.

Chepen, v. to transact business, buy or sell, MD, S; chepet, pp., S.—­AS. cA(C)apian, to bargain.

Cheping, sb. market, W; chepynge, S2, P.—­AS. cA(C)apung, trade, commerce.

Chepmon; see Chapman.

Cher, adj. dear, PP; chere, MD. Phr.:  cher ouer, careful of, PP.—­OF. cher; Lat. carum.

Cherarchy, sb. an assembly of holy rulers, a hierarchy, S3; yerarchy, SkD (p. 810).—­OF. hierarchie; Gk. [Greek:  ierarchia]; cp.  It. gerarchA-a, a hierarchy of angels (Florio).

Cherche, sb. church, S2, C3; see Chirche. [Addition]

Chere, sb. a time, S; see Cherre.

Chere, sb. face, friendly welcome, S, MD, S2, S3, C3, G, C2; chiere, S3; cheare, S3; cheere, G; cher, S2; cheer, W; cheres, pl., wry faces, S.—­AF. chere, countenance, OF. chere, head (Roland); Low Lat. cara, the face, head; Gr. [Greek:  kara]; see Ducange.  Cp.  E. cheer.

Cheren, v. to make good cheer, to make glad, MD, Prompt., S.

Cheriche, v. to cherish, PP; cheryce, C2.—­OF. cherir (pr. p. cherissant).