Chech.

Called also stone-chest, kistvaen (a sepulchral monument or cromlech).

We find a rude chech or flat stone of an oval form, about three yards in length, five feet over where broadest, and ten or twelve inches thick.”—Camden.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Chatterpie
Chaucer of Painting (The)
Chauvin
Chawbacon (A)
Chawed up
Che sara, sara
Cheap as a Sardinian
Cheap Jack
Cheapside Bargain (A)
Cheater
Chech
Checkmate
Cheek
Cheek (To)
Cheek by Jowl
Cheese
Cheese
Cheeseparer (A)
Cheeseparing Economy
Cheese-Toaster (A)
Cheesewring (Lynton, Devon)