† Chinch v.

Obs. rare. [f. prec. adj.] To be niggardly; to stint.

c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 75. Chynchyn, or sparyn mekylle [H. chinkinge or to mekel sparyn], perparco.

a. 1450.  Langl., P. Pl., XIII. 227 (MS. Dk. Westm.). That chafferen as chapmen and chynchen [other MSS. chiden] but þei geten.

  Chinch v., dial. form of CHINK v.²: see CHINSE.