| 释义 |
† chiven Obs. rare—1.
[perh. the same as chivin, chevin, chub, ‘a very shy fish, which hides in holes’. But cf. also chivie.]
Only in phrase, to play the chiven (Nares chivan): ‘to run away precipitately’ (Nares).
c1660Robin Hood & Stranger (Ritson ii. xi. 30) ‘Go play the chiven’ the stranger said, ‘Make haste and quickly go’. |