Part 1896

<h1>Chouka</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chou"ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.</def>

<h1>Choule</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Choule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Jowl</er>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Choultry</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Choul"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Choltry</er>.</def>

<h1>Chouse</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chouse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Choused</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chousing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From Turk. <ets>ch\'be\'d4sh</ets> a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of \'9c4,000.]</ety> <def>To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by <i>of</i>, or <i>out of</i>; <as>as, to <ex>chouse</ex> one out of his money</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath <b>choused</b> your highness. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chouse</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chouse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A trick; sham; imposition.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A swindler.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Chout</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chout</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Mahratta <ets>chauth</ets> one fourth part.]</ety> <def>An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>J. Mill.</i>

<h1>Chowchow</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chow"chow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <def>Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; <as>as, <ex>chowchow</ex> sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)</as>.</def>

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<cs><col>Chowchow chop</col>, <cd>the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.</cd></cs>

<i>S. W. Williams.</i>

<h1>Chowchow</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chow"chow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A kind of mixed pickles.</def>

<h1>Chowder</h1> <Xpage=253>