Meanings
verbchivey (third-person singular simple present chiveys, present participle chiveying, simple past and past participle chiveyed)
present singular third person chiveys · participle present chiveying · participle past chiveyed · past chiveyed
- archaicArchaic form of chivvy.
Cat and dog returned chiveying a big goat. Goat went for me and the blanket. Upset everything.
1893, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, page 1441 more example
We played the same game at hewery place we passed through, till at last the poor devil got so hunmercifully guyed and chiveyed that he war obligated to cry for quarter […]
1846, Charles Selby, Maximums and Speciments of William Muggins, page 143
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