Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
CETEWALE, _s._ zedoary, A 3207, B 1951. O.F. _citoal_. The Promptorium
Parvulorum has the following-- '_Setuale_, or seduale, setwale, setwaly,
herbe: _Zedoarium_.' And we find in Webster, ed. Mahn, the
following--'_Zedoary_, n. (F. _z['e]doaire_, Prov. _zeduari_, Ital.
_zedoario_, _zettovario_, Span. and Port. _zedoaria_, _zodoaria_, Low Lat.
_amomum zedoaria_, Ger. _zitwer_, O.H. Ger. _zitawar_, Arab. Pers. Hind.
_djedw[^a]r_) a medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a
fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste, used in medicine as a
stimulant. "It is the root of a species of _Curcuma_, and comes in short,
firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled, gray, ash-coloured appearance, but
within of a brownish-red colour. There are two kinds: _round zedoary_, said
to be the root of _Curcuma zerumbet_, or _Kaempferia rotunda_, and _long
zedoary_, of _Curcuma zedoaria_."--Dunglison.' The English Cyclopaedia
explains _C. Zedoaria_ as broad-leaved turmeric, and says that 'its
sensible properties are very like those of ginger, but not so powerful.'
All the _curcumae_ belong to the natural order of _Zingiberiacae_, or
Ginger tribe. (The name _setwall_ was also given to valerian.)
CEYNT, _s._ cincture, girdle, A 3235.
CHAAST; see CHAST.
CHACE, _ger._ to hunt, T. i. 908; to pursue, E 341, 393; _v._ pursue, F
457; Chase, _ger._ to follow after, harass, T. iii. 1801; Chasen, _pr. pl._
chase, 1. 15; Chacedest, _2 pt. s._ didst chase, B i. p 4. 182; Chaced,
_pp._ driven away, 11. 14; D 2157.
CHAF, _s._ chaff, L. 529 _a_; B 4633.
CHAFF['A]RE, _s._ bargaining, I 851; traffic, G 1421; trade, A 4389;
merchandise, ware, B 1475, D 521; matter, subject, E 2438; Ch['a]ffar,
merchandise, B 138.
CHAFF['A]RE, _ger._. to trade, barter, deal, traffic, B 139. See above.
CHAIRES, _s. pl._ thrones, B 4. m 2. 3. See CHAYER.
CHAL['A]NGE, _v._; Chal['e]nge, _v._ claim, D 1200; Chalange, _pr. s. 1 p._
claim, F 1324; Chalaunged, _pt. s._ arrogated, B 2. p 6. 23.
CHALANGING, _s._ false claim, accusation, C 264.
CHALAUNDRE, _s._ a species of lark (_Alauda calandra_), R. 914; Chelaundre,
R. 81; Chalaundres, _pl._ R. 663.
CHALICE, _s._ cup, I 879.
CHALK, _s._ chalk, F 409.
CHALK-STOON, _s._ a piece of chalk, G 1207.
CHALONS, _pl._ blankets or coverlets for a bed, A 4140. Cf. E. _shalloon_.
CHAMBERERE, _s._ maidservant, lady's maid, D 300; chambermaid, E 819;
Chambereres, _pl._ E 977.
CHAMBERLEYN, _s._ chamberlain, A 1418.
CHAMBRE, _s._ chamber, mansion, 4. 85; B 167, F 269; Chambres, _pl._ A 28;
sleeping-rooms, E 263; Chaumbres, _pl._ chambers, B 4. m 7. 3 (Lat.
_thalamos_).
CHAMBRE-DORE, chamber-door, L. 1718; A 3435.
CHAMBRE-ROOF, roof of my room, 3. 299.
CHAMBRE-WAL, chamber-wall, T. ii. 919.
CHAMPARTYE, _s._ equality, participation in power, A 1949. From F. _champ
parti_.
CHAMPIOUN, _s._ champion, 10. 17; chosen fighter, A 239.
CHANON, _s._ canon, G 573 (see the note); Chanoun, 972.
CHAPEL-BELLE, _s._ chapel-bell, A 171.
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