Obs. Also 5 chynchyr, -are. [f. prec. + -ER.] = CHINCH sb.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Melibeus, ¶ 637 (Camb. MS.). That men haue ne matier ne cause to calle the neythir wreche ne chinchere [other MSS. chynche].
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 75. Chynchyr or chynchare [H. P. chynche], perparcus.
