different between chevy vs chemy

English

Etymology

The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?t??vi/
• Rhymes: -?vi
• Hyphenation: che?vy

Noun

chevy (countable and uncountable, plural chevies)

1. (countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
2. (countable) A cry used in hunting.
3. (uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.

Alternative forms

• chivy
• chivey

Translations

Verb

chevy (third-person singular simple present chevies, present participle chevying, simple past and past participle chevied)

1. (transitive) To chase or hunt.
2. (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
3. (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
4. (transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
5. (intransitive) To scurry.

   Synonym: scamper

Alternative forms

• chivy

Translations

See also

• Chevrolet

References

English

Etymology

From the post-Classical Latin chemia, chymia, chimia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k??m?, IPA^(key): /?k?m?/

Noun

chemy (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished)

References

• “†chemy, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Sept. 2008]
• “†?chemy” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• chyme