† chowterv.
Obsolete.
‘To grumble or mutter like a froward child’ (Johnson).
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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum To Chowter, to mutter and mumble, as froward Children are apt to do. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and later Dicts.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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- roughishskinned
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- roughkeeled snake
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- roughlay
- roughleaved
- roughleaved fig
- roughlegged
- roughlegged buzzard
- roughlegged hawk
- roughlier
- roughliest
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- roughliving
- roughlock
- roughlocking
- roughlooking
- roughly
- roughly-built
- roughly-drawn
- roughly-finished
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