† chunn.1v.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A. n.1
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a. Mining. A leading of clay or other soft soil setting between two hard sides and sinking down.
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Eiijb There is more to be said of these Chuns, but it will fall in more Pat, when we come to Founder.
b. (See quot. 1886.)
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1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (E.D.S.) Chun, a crack in the finger or hand, from frost, or from dryness of the skin.
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2. Scottish. ‘The sprouts or germs of barley, in the process of making malt; also, the shoots of potatoes beginning to spring in the heap. Gall., Dumfr.’ (Jamieson).
B. v.
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Scottish ‘To chun potatoes, is, in turning them to prevent vegetation, to nip off the shoots which break out from what are called the een, or eyes’ (Jamieson).
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