CHAUNTE-PLEURE, title of a song upon grief following joy, 7. 320. See note. Cf. 'It is like to the _chante-plure_. Beginning with ioy, endyng in wretchednes'; Lydgate, Falls of Princes, bk. i. c. 7. CHAUNTERIE, _s._ an endowment for the payment of a priest to sing mass, agreeably to the appointment of the founder, A 510. CHAYER, _s._ chair, B 3803; throne, B 1. m 5. 3; Chayere (professor's) chair, D 1518; Chayres, _pl._ thrones, B 1. m 5. 27; Chaires, B 4. m 2. 3. CHEEF, _adj._ chief, 3. 910, 911; Chief, A 1057. CHEEF, _s._ chief, head, L. 2109. CHEEK, _s._ cheek, i.e. cheekbone, B 3228; Cheke, _dat._ cheek, B 3233; D 792, F 1078; Chekes, _pl._ cheeks, 12. 4; A 633, 2834. CHEEP, _s._ market, price; _to greet cheep_, too cheap, D 523; _as good chep_, as cheaply, T. iii. 641; Chepe, _dat._ a time of cheapness, HF. 1974. CHEES; see CHESE. CHEESTE, _s._ wrangling, I 556. A.S. _c[=e]ast_. CHEK, _s. as int._ check (at chess), 3. 659. CHEKE, -S; see CHEEK. CHEKKERE, _s._ chess-board, 3. 660. CHEKMAT, checkmate, T. ii. 754. CHELAUNDRE; see CHALAUNDRE. CHEP, -E; see CHEEP. CH[`E]PE, _ger._ to bargain (with her), D 268. CHERCHE; see CHIRCHE. CHERE, _s._ face, countenance, B 1. m 1. 19; T. i. 14; L. 64, 265, 1762; F 1309, I 737; look, mien, R. 1014; HF. 154, 179, 214; 3. 545; 4. 42; 5. 488; 7. 253; A 913; B 97, 1901, D 1266; E 238, 241, 782, F 103, 545, G 1233; entertainment, A 747, B 180; favour, 7. 108; T. ii. 360, 578; appearance, 19. 4; A 728; behaviour, A 139; look, glance, sign, T. i. 312; good cheer, mirth, A 4363; F 1098, 1257; kindly greeting, 4. 146; show, B 2377, E 678; kindly expression, E 1112; _doth him chere_, makes him good cheer, L. 2452; _be of good ch._, be of good cheer, T. i. 879; _sory ch._, mournful look, D 588; Cheres, _pl._ faces, R. 813, 936; looks, B 2. m 3. 3; T. ii. 1507. CHERISSE, _v._ cherish; Cherisseth, _pr. s._ F 1554; Cherisse, _imp. s._ E 1388; Cherish, _imp. s._ 15. 23; Cherissheth, _imp. pl._ F 353. See CHERYCE. CHERL, _s._ churl, boor, fellow, 5. 596; L. 136; A 3182, B 2837, C 140, 289, 750, D 460, 1158, 2206, I 147; slave, I 463; man (in the moon), T. i. 1024; Cherles, _gen._ A 3169, D 2206; Cherles, _pl._ churls, B 3733; violent men, fierce men, R. 880; _gen. pl._ of the countrymen, A 2429. CHERLISH, _adj._, churlish, mean, ill-conditioned, R 177; malicious, F 1523. CHERT['E]E, _s._ affection, B 1526. See CHIERTEE. CHERUBINNES, _gen._ cherub's, A 624. CHERYCE, _v._ cherish, 9. 52; L. 472; T. ii. 726; _ger._ T. i. 986; to indulge, B 3710; Cherycen, _v._ T. iii. 175. See CHERISSE. CHERYSE, _pl._ cherries, R. 1376. CHES, _s._ chess, 3. 619, 652, 664; F 900; Chesse, _dat._ 3. 51.