What does cheslip mean?
Cheslip means (UK, dialect) A woodlouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, dialect) A woodlouse..
Mouffet states that “the Asiatic Greeks called them χγαμος from their likenesse^([sic]) to a bean (Galen), for it looks like it when the Cheslip rolls itself up into a round body.”
In former times it was known as “Lugdor” and “Socchetre ;” and in common with the hoglouse it is familiar to rustics as “Churchlouse,” “Carpenter,” “Chinch,” or “Cheslip.”
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Cheslip means (UK, dialect) A woodlouse..
Common synonyms include woodlouse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Mouffet states that “the Asiatic Greeks called them χγαμος from their likenesse^([sic]) to a bean (Galen), for it looks like it when the Cheslip rolls itself up into a round body.”
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