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| Chairs¹ | A chair is a device used to fix the rails to the sleepers
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| Chaise¹ | A term applied to various [horse drawn] travelling or pleasure carriages; the exact application having varied from time to time [OED]
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| chancery¹ | Chancery: The court of the Lord Chancellor of England, the highest court of judicature next to the House of Lords [OED]
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| Change(1) | Exchange; Stock Exchange
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| chaps(1) | Young men [OED]
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| charity sermon | Presumably a sermon given to raise funds for a good cause. The latest citation in the OE is 1817.
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| Chartists¹ | Chartism was a working class movement, which emerged in 1836 and was most active between 1838 and 1848. The aim of the Chartists was to gain political rights and influence for the working classes. Chartism got its name from the formal petition, or People's Charter, that listed the six main aims of the movement.
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| Chartists¹ | Chartism was a working class movement, which emerged in 1836 and was most active between 1838 and 1848. The aim of the Chartists was to gain political rights and influence for the working classes. Chartism got its name from the People's Charter, that listed the six main aims of the movement. [National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/politics/g7/] |
| Chatham yard |
Probably Chatham dockyard.
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| chaunt¹ | Chaunt: Sing, warble [OED]
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| chay¹ | Chay: A term applied to various travelling or pleasure carriages; the exact application having varied from time to time [OED] A chaise [CPB]
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| check_string¹ | A string by which the occupant of a carriage may signal to the driver to stop. The device was inherited from horse-drawn coaches [OED]
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| cheils(1) | cheil; rascal or villain
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| cheil² | A villain or rascal
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| chiels(1) | Chiel: A familiar term for man, esp. young man, lad; 'fellow', 'chap'
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| chit¹ | A child, especially very you child [OED and Dictionary of the Scots Language]. The term can be applied with affection or contempt depending on the context.
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| Chops(1) | jaws, the side of the face [OED]
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| chouse |
To dupe, cheat, trick; to swindle or defraud of or out of. (OED)
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| Christian_Observer¹ | A London evangelical periodical, serving a readership in the Church of England. It appeared from 1802 to 1874.
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| churl(1) | Used as a term of disparagement or contempt; rude low-bred fellow. [OED]
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