chivey

English

Verb

chivey (third-person singular simple present chiveys, present participle chiveying, simple past and past participle chiveyed)

  1. Archaic form of chivvy.
    • 1846, Charles Selby, Maximums and Speciments of William Muggins, page 143:
      We played the same game at hewery place we passed through, till at last the poor devil got so hunmercifully guyed and chiveyed that he war obligated to cry for quarter […]
    • 1893, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, page 144:
      Cat and dog returned chiveying a big goat. Goat went for me and the blanket. Upset everything.
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