An archaic or obsolete spelling of 'cheese,' used in Middle English texts.
Middle English chese, from Old English ciese, borrowed from Latin caseus; spelling variants were common before standardization.
Medieval spellings like 'chese' for cheese remind us that English spelling was completely fluid until the printing press froze it in place around the 1600s.
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