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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.] All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.

2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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