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chewet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English chewet, of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A kind of meat pie.

Forms

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chewets Number=Plur lexicographic
chewit alternative lexicographic
chewitt alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

chewet-pie

chewet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From French chouette (“owl”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A chough or jackdaw.
  2. A chatterbox.
    • Peace, Chewet, peace. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 69:

Forms

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