Definition of "chivy" []

• A hunt or chase. (noun)
• A hunting cry. (noun)
• To vex or harass with petty attacks. (verb)
• To maneuver or secure gradually. (verb)
• To scurry. (verb)

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• "Every year I have some seven such hopefuls whom, to express it in the students 'slang, I "chivy" or "floor.""
• "They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence."
• "Little Monsters has been sitting on the shelf for months in proof copy, but it took a tempting review over at John Self's Asylum and the arrival of an actual published version of the book to chivy me into action."