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atonement for their paft lives, by taking up arms in fup- 
port of their fovereign. They are faid to have formed 
an army of,thirty thoufand men, and to have fought 
fome of the molt defperate battles with the republican 
army, that the hiftory of,the French revolution will have 
to record. The Chouans who To lately waged an un¬ 
equal war again It the republicans in France, are how¬ 
ever faid to have their name from ohouan (for cbath.iant), 
an owl, from their appearing at firft only in the night; 
and the royalilts of la Vendee had owls imprefied on the 
button of their uniform. See the article Charette, 
p. 109, of this volume. 
CHOU'CIIA, a town of Africa, in Upper Guinea, on 
the river Maguiba, furrounded with rocks. 
CHOUG, or Shogle, a town of Afia, in Syria, on the 
Orontes, where all travellers without diftinction are en¬ 
tertained in an excellent caravanfera gratis for three days: 
it is in the road from Aleppo and Sayd. 
CHOUGH, /. in ornithology, the trivial name of a 
fpecies of crow. See Corvus. 
CHDU'I-CKAN, a town of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Corea: twelve miles north-weft of Hiamen. 
CHOU'I-FONG, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Kiang-fi : twenty-five miles north-eaft 
of Ki-ngan. 
CHOU'I-KING, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Kiang-fi : fixty-five miles eaft of Kan- 
cheon. 
CHOU'I-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Tche-lciang: four leagues fouth of 
Ouen-tcheou. 
CHOU'I-TCHANG, a town of China, of the third 
rank, in the province of Tche-kiang; twelve leagues 
weft-north-weit of Tchu-tcheo. 
CHOU'I-TCHANG, a town of China, of the third 
rank, in the province of Kiang-fi: fix leagues weft of 
Kieou-kiang. 
CHOU'I-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the firft rank, 
in the province of Kiang-fi, 712 miles fouth of Pekin. 
Lat. 28. 25. N. Ion. 132. 39. E. Ferro. 
CHOU'I-YNG, a town of Afia, in the kingdom of Co* 
rea: twenty miles fouth-fouth-weft of Haimen. 
CHOU'I-YUEN, a town of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Corea: thirty-feven miles north-eaft of Haimen. 
CHOULE, f [commonly pronounced and written 
Jew/.] The crop of a bird.—The cboule or crop, adhering 
unto the lower fide of the bill, and fo defending by the 
throat, is a bag or fachel. Bronun. 
CHOULE', a town of India, on the coaft of Concan, 
with a harbour for fmal! velfels, belonging to the Portu- 
guefe : twenty-five miles fouth of Bombay. Lat. 18. 37. 
N. Ion. 72.46. E. Greenwich. 
CHOUL'TRY, /. A kind of inn or houfe of relief in 
India. Thele public buildings are found all over Hin- 
dooftan, and are ufually eredled contiguous to pagodas 
or temples. They are fuppofed to have been erected and 
endowed by the liberality of ancient princes, or from the 
benevolence and piety of rich individuals. A bramin 
generally attends them, who adminilters relief to the poor 
and diftrefled, who are frequently fupplied alfo with a 
mat to lie on. Tanks or refervoirs of water, or wells, 
are commonly near them. One of thele choultries ftands 
near the fort of Madras, on a plain which takes its name 
from the building;—Fora further account of choultries, 
and an engraving of two of the pillars with which they 
a: - e ufually decorated, fee under Architecture, vol. ii. 
p l>6 and 67. 
IKOUPATOU', a town of Afia, in the country of 
Thibet: 235 mdes eaft of Laffa. 
CHOURAGUR', a town of Hindooftan, in the coun¬ 
try of Gurry Mundella: fifty-feven miles fouth-weft of 
Gurrah. 
CHOURTONG', a town of Afia, in the country of 
Thb e: : 261; miles eaft of Laftii. 
To C.1OU6E, v. a. [ Hie origin of this word is much 
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doubted by Skinner, who tries to deduce it from the 
French gofer, to laugh at; or joncber, to wheedie; and 
from the Teutonic hofen, to prattle. It is, perhaps, a for¬ 
tuitous and cant word, without etymology.] To cheat; 
to trick ; to impofe upon : 
Freedom and zeal have chous'd you o’er and o’er; 
Pray give us leave to bubble you once more. Dryden , 
It has of before the thing taken away by fraud: 
When geefe and pullen are feduc’d, 
And fows of fucking pigs are chous'd. Hudihras. 
CHOUSE, f . [from the verb. This word is derived by 
Henfhaw from kiaus, or chiaus, a meflenger of the Turkifh 
court; who, lays lie, is little better than a fool.] A bub¬ 
ble ; a tool; a man fit to be cheated. A trick or fham: 
A fottilh choufe, 
Who, when a thief has robb’d his houfe. 
Applies himfelf to cunning men. Hudibras. 
CHOUSGIMYAN', a town of Perfia, in the province 
of Chorafan : 220 miles north-north-eaft of Herat. 
CHOUYANG', a town of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Corea : forty miles north-eaft of King-ki-tao. 
CHOUZE', a town of France, in the department of 
the Indre and Loire : five leagues north-weft of Tours. 
CKO'WAN, a county of the American States, inEden- 
ton diftrift, North Carolina, on the north lide of Albe¬ 
marle Sound. It contained by the cenfus 5011 inhabi¬ 
tants. Chief town, Edenton. 
CHO'WAN, a river of America, in North Carolina, 
which fails into the north-weft corner of AlbemarleSound. 
It is three miles wide.at the mouth, but narrows fall in 
its afcent. It is formed five miles from the Virginia line, 
by the confluence ot Meherrin, Njttaway, and Black, 
rivers, which all rile in Virginia. 
CHOW'DRY, f in Bengal, the pofT flbr of feveral ta- 
looks. It is alfo ufed as fynonymous with talookdar, an¬ 
ciently a colle&or. See the article Talook. 
CHOW'RY, one of the Nicobar Blands, in the Indian 
Sea. Lat. 8.27. N. Ion. 92. 32. E. Greenwich. 
To CHOW'TER, <v n. To grumble or mutter like a 
froward child. Phillips. 
CHOZEV'KA, a town of Siberia, on the riverTchiuna: 
1 So miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Enifeifk. 
CHRAST, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Bole- 
flau : fix miles fouth-eall of Melnik. 
CHRAST, a town oi Bohemia, in the circle of Chru- 
dim : five miles fouth-eaft of Chrudim. 
CHRE'BET CHANDAB'GA, a range of mountains 
between Ruffian Tartary and Chinefe Tartary. Lat. 52. N. 
Ion. 114. to 119. E. Ferro. 
CHRE'BET DIR'G AK, a range of mountains between 
Ruffian Fartary and Chinefe Tartary. Lat. 52. to 53.N. 
Ion. 114. E. Ferro. 
CHRES'TOIA, a town of Iftria : nine miles eaft-fouth- 
eaft of Capo d’lftria. 
CHRISM,/, an ointment.] Oil confecrated by 
the bifliop, and ufed in the Romifh and Greek churches, 
in the adminiftration of baptifm, confirmation, and ex¬ 
treme unririon; and which they prepare on Holy Thurs¬ 
day, with great ceremony. 
CHRIS'MATIS DENARII, or crimfon-pence, money 
formerly paid to the diocefan, or his fuffragan, by the 
parochial clergy, for the chrifm confecrated by them at 
Eafter, for the ufes of the year enfuing. This cuftomary 
payment being made in Lent, near Eafter, was in fome 
places called qitadragefmals, and in others pafcbals and 
Eafer-pence. The bifhops’ exaction of it was condemned 
by pope Pius XI. for fimony and extortion; and there¬ 
upon the cuftom was releafed by our Englifh bifhons. 
CHRISOM',/ [from chrifm.] I11 the Romifh 
baptifm, a white vefture or garment, which, immediately 
after the ceremony, the prieft puts upon the child, ac¬ 
companied with a formula 01 benedi&ion. This cere¬ 
mony was retained in the Englifh church, for lome time 
after 
