† che, pron. Obs. dial.
(tʃə)
An expanded syllabic form of ch, for ich I. (With ch, che, cf. the recent s.w. dial. utch, utchy, I.)
| 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 90 Chee vore tha cham no clowne. 1594 Greene Looking Glass Wks. 1831 I. 97 Che trow, cha taught him his lesson. 1605 Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 246 Keepe out che vor' ye. |