CHINEL. _Rom._ A man of official position or rank. Especially an _alguacil_. Russ. _chin_, rank. P. ii. 204.
CHINOBARÓ. _Rom._ A head official. Compounded of CHIN and BARO, _q.v._
CHIPE. _Rom._ Tongue, speech. P. ii. 216; M. vii. 31; SC. 64.
CHIRIA. Borrow gives this as Sanscrit for “bird,” but I cannot find his authority. The Rom. word is _cziriklo_, _chiriclo_. See P. ii. 199.
CHOR. _Rom._ _Subs._ a thief; _verb_, to steal. P. ii. 200; A. 46; Pp. 545–6; M. vii. 36.
CHOZA. _Span._ A hut or small cottage. According to Dozy and Engelmann it is the Arab. _khas_.
CHULÍ, plur. CHULÉ. _Rom._ A dollar. Span. _peso fuerte_. Borrow uses the word in his gypsy St. Luke, xv. 8, etc. P. ii. 205, has “_Chuli_ = _Groschen_,” and suggests a connexion with _tchulo_ = thick. It is tempting to compare the English slang “a thick ’un” = a sovereign.
CHULÍ, CHURÍ. _Rom._ A knife. Hind. _churi_. P. ii. 210; Pp. 550; M. vii. 39. The form with L is only found in Spanish. Pott suggests that it is a corruption of _cuchillo_. In Z. ii. 148 it is given as _Germanía_, or thieves’ slang, and is probably their alteration of the correct _churí_.
CHUQUEL. _Rom._ A dog. P. ii. 213; A. 64; Pp. 553; M. vii. 51; Z. ii. * 132.
CIERRA! _Span._ “Close!” The war-cry of the Castilian chivalry; more fully, _Santiago_! _y cierra España_!
COCAL. _Rom._ A bone. P. ii. 92; A. 52; Pp. 289; M. vii. 85.
COMITIVA. _Span._ and _Port._ Suite, following, company.
COMMERCIO. _Port._ Commerce. _Span. comercio_.
COMUNERO. _Span._ A member or partisan of the Communities of Castile. See Burke’s _Hist. of Spain_, ii. 316.
CONDE. _Span._ and _Port._ A count, or earl. Lat. _comes_. A title at one time greater than that of duke in Spain. See Burke’s _Hist. of Spain_, i. 148.
CONQUISTAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To conquer.
CONSTITUCION. _Span._ Constitution; the constitution of 1812.
CONTRABANDISTA. _Span_ and _Port._ A smuggler.
CONVERSACION. _Span._ Conversation. As an interjection, “Folly! rubbish!”
COPITA. _Span._ A wine-glass, or small drinking-cup; dimin. of _copa_.
COPLA. _Span._ and _Port._ A couplet, or a few lines of poetry. The original Spanish of the lines quoted ii. 62 is as follows—
“Un manco escribió una carta; Un siego { 395} la está mirando; Un mudo la está leyendo; Y un sordo la está escuchando.”