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chaet1, chat [chate to rhyme with hate] noun a thing; anything 20-. etymology: compare English cheat; originally thieves Cant ‘a stolen thing’, from 1567 ‘a thing, anything’; obsolete in Modern English; also attested in Shelta with the same meaning; also collected by EMcC/PS; attested by BS in TDITA and JS
chaet2 noun a bell 20. Compare chaet1, belliment chaet etymology: possibly a development from chaet1; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies
chaet3 noun a dyke 20. etymology: possibly a development from chaet1 ‘a thing, anything’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies
chaet4 noun a hedge 20. etymology: possibly a development from chaet1 ‘a thing anything’ attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies