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ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 25 Chinti oat> a kind of (light ?) tortoiseshell cat The yellow portion Beems to he that specially called the chintz. A cat dightl^ spotted -with yellow amongst her other marks was spoken of as haying that ' hit of ehintx.* It may, however, he the introduction of the yellow which forms the whole into a chintz, Chissnp, to sneeze : a word evidently formed from the sound, but seems not to be much known. When a bo^ sneezes, another who happens to be near is likely enough to exclaim, ' Say your nominy ' (wnich see). The sneezer then says, ' Bob wood ' (cloth, &a), and touches some article of wood, cloth, &c., and thus proceeds : ' Julius Osesar made a law, Augustus Gsesar signed it. That every one that made a sneeze Should run away and find it.' He then whistles, though some whistle before. This has been a boy's custom for at least forty years. It is required to be known if of longer standing. Chivs (^Z. chivz), small scraps of dead branches. In Suffolk cht/e is a fragment, which seems to be the same word. Choosehow (pronounced choosehaa, or shoosTiaa). It means, ' under any circumstances,* and is usually placed last in a sentence, but not always. ' He will have to do it choo9e?iow,' i. e. whether he likes it or not. ChooBewhat, whatever: used adjectively. *They cannot mak it grow gooid crops, chooeewhat manure they put in.' ChriBamas, perhaps Christmasy or possibly ' Christenmesse,' as formerly spelt. Chrisom (gl. kraus*m), still used in the local dialect, and proba>)ly signifies a pitiable object, such as a man reduced to a skeleton. The chriaom is understood to be properly the white cloth set on the head of a child newly anointed with chrism after baptism. The chiism itself is a mixture of oil and balsam consecrated by Boman Catholic bishops on . Easter Eve for the ensuing year, and it is used not only m baptism, but in confirmation, extreme unction, and the coronation of kings. Halliwell says that in the bUls of mortality chrisoma are sach children as die within the month of birth, because during that time they used to wear the chrisom cloth. Chuck {gl, chuok), a word used in calling fowls to bed. In the Craven dialect it means a hen, and Hunter in his HcUlamshire Gloaaary says, a chicken. Part of a turning-lathe is called a chuck, Chnlfy, haughty ; proud ; puffed up, &c. In the east ' fat and fleshy.' In some parts ' downish.' Chump (gl, chuomp), a block of wood, a tree root, or some other portion of a tree, sought for to be burnt on Nov. 5th. The boys go chumping for some time before that date, and lay in a large stock of chumps.