Obs. or dial. rare. Churlish.

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a. 1450.  Knt. de la Tour (1868), 160. A cherlous condicion is alle contrarie, for he desirithe nother vertu ne cuning.

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1864.  Atkinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v. Churlish. ‘A shill chollos wind,’ a cold pining wind. Certain medicines, as saline solutions, are deemed ‘cold and chollos.’

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