Bive and Chute Lambs

I do not know whether my answer to your correspondent's inquiry about *bive* and chute lambs will be satisfactory, inasmuch as the price he gives of "*bive*" lambs "apeece" is larger than the price of the "chute." Twin lambs are still called *bive* lambs on the borders of Sussex and Kent; and chute lambs are fat lambs. *Chuet* is an old word signifying a fat greasy pudding. It is rightly applied to Falstaff:— "Peace, *chewet*, peace." *1st Part K. Hen. IV.*