Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1939-1951
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CHICKLE, v. To grip with the teeth, to make a series of short sharp bites. Used fig. in 1939 quot. [tʃɪkl]Wgt. 1939 J. McNeillie Wigtown Ploughman xii.:
The night the binder chickled through the last sward of waving corn he stood smoking and watching the men lifting the last few rows of sheaves.Kcb. 1951:
Mice chickle corn. Lambs chickle their mothers when sucking. A dog chickles in his hair when hunting fleas.