40 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.
CHAPS, sb. pi. the jaws of a vice.
CHAR or CHARK, v. to work at occasional jobs. To go a charkin is to go to burn charcoal.
CHARKIN HILL.
'A common called Charkin Hill, in Ecclesfield.' —Harrison. Elsewhere it is written 'Chartin Hill.' Probably a place where wood was made into charcoal. See Eastwood's Ecclesfield, p. 435. Charton, Chatton, Charting, or Charking brook is first mentioned in 1599. Ibid., p. 435. See CHAR.
CHARLES CLOUGH, a place near Stannington. Harrison. CHARNOCK HALL, near Eckington.
CHASTERFIELD, sb. the pronunciation of Chesterfield. Lat. castrum.
'Agnes de ChasturfsMJ in Poll Tax Returns for Sheffield, 1379, p. 41.
CHATS, sb. pi. the seed pods of the ash. Hunter's MS.
CHATS or CHADS, sb. pi. twigs.
To go a chaddin is to go gathering twigs. Cf. Chaddesden in Derbyshire. ' Give him a good chadding* means give him a good beating.
CHATTER, v. to gnaw, to tear.
CHATTERHOUSE.
When a boy has committed an offence his comrades put him ' through the chatterhouse' About twenty boys stand in a row with their legs wide apart. As the offender goes through each pair of legs he gets a good slap behind.
CHAUNDLER, sb. a candlestick.
This word is given on the authority of Ray, who calls it a Sheffield word. I have never heard it.
CHAVE-HOLE, sb. a recess for chaff and corn in a barn. CHAVEL, v. to chew, to tear in pieces. CHAW-BACON, sb. a farm labourer.
CHAWMBER, sb. the pronunciation of chamber.
In Sheffield the ground floor is called the room, the first floor the chawmber, the second floor the garret.
CHEAP-JACK, sb. an itinerant merchant or auctioneer, who goes about from one fair to another, selling a variety of goods. His goods are housed in a covered wagon, in which he generally lives. It is pronounced cheeap.
Cf. Cheapside. M.E. cheap, a purchase.
CHECK, a word used in calling pigs to their food.
