cheslip

English

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps alteration of an earlier term influenced by cheeselip.

Noun

a cheslip or woodlouse

cheslip (plural cheslips)

1. (UK, dialect) A woodlouse.
   • 1860, Ernest Adams, “On the names of the wood-louse”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎^[1], page 15:

     Mouffet states that “the Asiatic Greeks called them χγαμος from their likenesse^[sic] to a bean (Galen), for it looks like it when the Cheslip rolls itself up into a round body.”

   • 1899, W.T. Fernie, Animal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure‎^[2], “Woodlouse”, page 524:

     In former times it was known as “Lugdor” and “Socchetre ;” and in common with the hoglouse it is familiar to rustics as “Churchlouse,” “Carpenter,” “Chinch,” or “Cheslip.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:woodlouse

Anagrams

• pilches, schpiel