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CHEVRON

Volume 4 · 75 words · 1797 Edition

or Cheveron, in heraldry. See Heraldry.

CHewing-balls, a kind of balls made of asafoetida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the sun, and wrapped in a linen cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horse to chew; they create an appetite; and it is said, that balls of Venice-treacle may be used in the same manner with good success.

CHEYS. See Bengal, n° 17.