Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chickling .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A leguminous plant (
Lathyrus sativus ), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus) with broad, flattened,edible seeds .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The story requireth that we relate that which happened unto six pilgrims who came from Sebastian near to Nantes, and who for shelter that night, being afraid of the enemy, had hid themselves in the garden upon the chichling peas, among the cabbages and lettuces.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The story requireth that we relate that which happened unto six pilgrims who came from Sebastian near to Nantes, and who for shelter that night, being afraid of the enemy, had hid themselves in the garden upon the chichling peas, among the cabbages and lettuces.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The story requireth that we relate that which happened unto six pilgrims who came from Sebastian near to Nantes, and who for shelter that night, being afraid of the enemy, had hid themselves in the garden upon the chichling peas, among the cabbages and lettuces.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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