chewet

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English chewet.

Noun

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chewet (plural chewets)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of meat pie.

Etymology 2

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From French chouette (owl).

Noun

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chewet (plural chewets)

  1. (obsolete) A chough or jackdaw.
    1. A chatterbox.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chewet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown; formed as if from chewen + -et; but the OED considers this unlikely.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chewet (plural chewets)

  1. A chewet (kind of meat pie).

Descendants

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  • English: chewet (obsolete)

References

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