† chiminn.
Old Law.
A way or road.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun]
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1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 159 Hither belongeth chemin, or way ouer ones land from one certain place to another.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 56.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Chimin..signifies a way; which is of two sorts. The Kings High-way, and a private way.
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