chiv

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Chiv, chib, or chipe, in Rommany, mean a tongue, inferring scolding, and chiv anything sharp-pointed, as for instance a dagger, or goad or knife. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Sī tu latchessa pāsh o lon-doeyav o boro matcheskro-bar, te o puro curro, chiv lis keti kan, shunesa godli. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

And I know how to pen dukkerin, lel dūdikabin te chiv o manzin apré latti.”

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

In winter the men begin to chiv the kosh, or cut wood—i.e., they make butchers’ skewers and clothes-pegs. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George

Harry poured half a can of oil upon the bearings of the chiv wheel with almost loving tenderness.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley