Obs. rare. [a. F. chouette ‘a chough, cadesse, daw, jackdaw’ (Cotgr.).]
A chough: applied to a chatterer, prater.
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 56. Chatting to chiding is not woorth a chuet.
1596. Shaks., 1 Hen. IV., V. i. 29. Peace, Chewet, peace.
