Chink. Fringilla coelebs, the Chaffinch; from its note.—S.W.
Chinstey. n. The string of a baby's cap.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) A horse's chin-strap.—S.W. Compare:—
'Oh! Mo-ather! Her hath chuck'd me wi' tha chingstey [caught me by the back-hair and choked me with the cap-string].'—The Exmoor Scolding, p. 17.
Chip. The fore-shoot of a plough.—S.W.
Chipples. Young onions grown from seed. Cf. Gibbles and Cribbles.—S.W.
Chisley. adj. Without coherence, as the yolk of an over-boiled egg, or a very dry cheese. When land gets wet and then dries too fast, it becomes chisley. Compare:—'Chizzly, hard, harsh and dry: East,' in Hal.—S.W.
Chism. To germinate, to bud (A.B.C.). 'The wheat doesn't make much show yet, John.' 'No, zur, but if you looks 'tes aal chisming out ter'ble vast.'—N. & S.W.
Chit. (1) n. The third swarm of bees from a hive.—N.W. (2) v. To bud or spring (A.B.C.). 'The whate be chitting a'ter thease rains.'—N.W.
Chitchat. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gærtn., Mountain Ash.—S.W.
Chitterlings. Pigs' entrails when cleaned and boiled (A.B.); Chiddlens (H.S.Wr.).—N. & S.W.
Chivy. Fringilla coelebs, the Chaffinch.—S.W. (Som. bord.).
Choor. (1) v. To go out as a charwoman (A.); Cheure, Chewree-ring (H.Wr.); Char (A.S.). Still in use.—N.W. (2) n. A turn, as in phrase 'One good choor deserves another' (A.). Still in use.—N.W.
Chop. To exchange (A.B.S.). 'Wool ye chop wi' I, this thing for thuck?' (B.).—N. & S.W.
*Chore. A narrow passage between houses (MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 2); see N.E.D. (s.v. Chare).
Christian Names. The manner in which a few of these are pronounced may here be noted:—Allburt, Albert; Allfurd, Alfred; Charl or Chas, Charles; Etherd, Edward; Rich't or Richet, Richard; Robbut, Robert; &c.
Chuffey. Chubby. 'What chuffey cheeks he've a got, to be showr!'—S.W.
Chump. A block of wood (A.B.); chiefly applied to the short lengths into which crooked branches and logs are sawn for firewood (Under the Acorns).—N. & S.W.
Ciderkin, 'Kin. The washings after the best cider is made.—N. & S.W.
Clacker. The tongue (S.).—S.W.
Clackers. A pair of pattens (S.).—S.W.
Clangy, Clengy, or Clungy. Of bad bread, or heavy ground, clingy, sticky.—N.W.
Claps. n. and v. clasp (A.).—N. & S.W.
Clat. See Clot.
Clattersome, Cluttersome. Of weather, gusty.—S.W. (Hants bord.)
Claut. Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold (A.H.Wr.).—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, &c.)
Clavy, Clavy-tack. A mantelpiece (A.B.C.).—N.W., now almost obsolete. Strictly speaking, clavy is merely the beam which stretches across an old-fashioned fireplace, supporting the wall. Where there is a mantelpiece, or clavy-tack, it comes just above the clavy.
Clean. 'A clean rabbit,' one that has been caught in the nets, and is uninjured by shot or ferret, as opposed to a 'broken,' or damaged one. (Amateur Poacher, ch. xi. p. 212).—N. & S.W.
Cleat, Cleet. (1) The little wedge which secures the head of an axe or hammer.—N.W. *(2) n. A patch (A.B.C.).—N.W. *(3) v. To mend with a patch (A.B.C.)—N.W. *(4) Occasionally, to strengthen by bracing (C.).—N.W.
Cleaty. Sticky, clammy; applied to imperfectly fermented bread, or earth that will not work well in ploughing.—N.W.
Cleet. See Cleat.
Clengy. See Clangy.
Clim. To climb (A.S.). A cat over-fond of investigating the contents of the larder shelves is a 'clim-tack,' or climb-shelf.—N. & S.W.
Clinches. The muscles of the leg, just under the knee-joint.—N. & S.W.
Clinkerbell. An icicle.—S.W. (Som. bord.) occasionally.
Clitch. The groin.—N.W.
Clite, Clit. (1) n. 'All in a clite,' tangled, as a child's hair. A badly groomed horse is said to be 'aal a clit.'—N. & S.W. (2) v. To tangle. 'How your hair do get clited!'—N. & S.W.
Clites, Clytes. Galium Aparine, L., Goosegrass (A.). Usually pl., but Jefferies has sing., Clite, in Wild Life, ch. ix.—N. & S.W.
Clitty. Tangled, matted together.—S.W.
Clock. A dandelion seed-head, because children play at telling the time of day by the number of puffs it takes to blow away all its down.—N. & S.W.
Cloddy. Thick, plump, stout (H.Wr.).—S.W.
Clog-weed. Heracleum Sphondylium, L., Cow-parsnip (Amateur Poacher, ch. vi).—N.W.
Clot. A hard lump of dry cow-dung, left on the surface of a pasture. See Cow-clat.—N.W.
'On pasture farms they beat clots or pick up stones.'—R. Jefferies, Letter to Times, Nov. 1872.
'1661. Itm pd Richard Sheppard & Old Taverner for beating clatts in Inglands, 00. 04. 08.'—Records of Chippenham, p. 226.
*Clote. n. Verbascum Thapsus, L., Great Mullein (Aubrey's Wilts MS.).—Obsolete.
Clothes-brush. Dipsacus sylvestris, L., Wild Teasel. Cf. Brushes.—S.W.
Clottiness. See Cleaty. Clottishness (Agric. Survey).
'The peculiar churlishness (provincially, "clottiness") of a great part of the lands of this district, arising perhaps from the cold nature of the sub-soil.'—Agric. of Wilts, ch. vii. p. 51.
Clout. (1) n. A box on the ear, a blow (A.B.C.S.). See Clue. 'I'll gie thee a clout o' th' yead.'—N. & S.W. (2) v. To strike.—N. & S.W.
Clue. 'A clue in the head,' a knock on the head (Village Miners). A box on the ear. Cf. clow, Winchester College. See Clout.—N.W.
Clum. To handle clumsily (A.B.), roughly, boisterously, or indecently (C.).—N.W.
Clumbersome. Awkward, clumsy.—N.W.
Clumper, Clumber. A heavy clod of earth.—N.W. (Marlborough.)
Clums. pl. Hands. 'I'll keep out o' thee clums, I'll warnd I will!'—N.W. Clumps is used in S. Wilts in a similar way, but generally of the feet (S.), and always implies great awkwardness, as 'What be a treadin' on my gownd vor wi' they girt ugly clumps o' yourn?'
Clungy. See Clangy.
*Cluster-of-five. The fist. Cluster-a-vive (S.).—S.W.
Clutter.