chimnay

chimnay

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of chymeneye

• chemlay, chimlay, chymlay, chymna, chymnay, chymne, schymlay

Inherited from Early Scots chymnay, from Anglo-Norman chimeneie, chimenee (Francien cheminee), from Late Latin camīnāta.

Forms with /ml/ are due to dissimilation of /mn/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪmnæː/, /ˈt͡ʃɪmlæː/, /-ɪ/

chimnay (plural chimnayis)

1. hearth, fireplace
2. grate (for a fireplace)
3. chimney (ventilation chamber for smoke)

• Scots: chimley, chimlie

• “chimnay, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “chimlay, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.