A cheveril conscience and a searching wit.
Drayton.
Chev"er*li*ize (?), v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [Obs.] Br. Montagu.
||Che*vet" (?), n. [F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See Chief.] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Chev"i*ot (?), n. 1. A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.