chewet

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English chewet.

Noun

chewet (plural chewets)

1. (obsolete) A kind of meat pie.

Etymology 2

From French chouette (“owl”).

Noun

chewet (plural chewets)

1. (obsolete) A chough or jackdaw.
   1. A chatterbox.
      • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 69:

        Peace, Chewet, peace.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Alternative forms

• chewette, chewett, chowette, chawette

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiu̯ɛt/

Noun

chewet (plural chewets)

1. A chewet (kind of meat pie).

Descendants

• English: chewet (obsolete)

References

• “cheuet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-19.