n. [ Cf. Chirr. ] A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i.
That's the churring of the nightjar. Hall Caine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
v. t. To utter by churring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ Hind. charas. ] A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. cyrran, cerran, to turn. ] (Zool.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also