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But, in short, chuse moderate weather as much as you can for brewing, and if you have a kindly cellar besides to keep your liquor in, that will not be much affected by extremity of heat or cold, you may reasonably expect great satisfaction in your brewery.

The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States Samuel McHarry

At first I wondered if it was an 18th-C spelling used for period colour - like Jane Austen uses 'chuse' for 'choose' - but there were lots of other typos, like 'a might puzzled' instead of 'a mite puzzled', so I guess it just hadn't been copy-edited very thoroughly.

The Lady Soldier Carla 2006

Corrections made to printed original. page 279, "Molchan ... means cheese": 'chuse' in original, corrected by a correspondent in Issue 206.p. 351. page 280, "cower over the coals": 'lower' in original, corrected by errata in Issue 208.

Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

I suspect that “chuse” is the way the word was spelled at the time.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010

[3] Marginal note: 'Sir John the child/shall live with me'/'The child herself/shall chuse' said he BACK

Letter 223 2009

“Dryden knew how to chuse the flowing and the sonorous words; to vary the pauses, and adjust the accents; to diversify the cadence, and yet preserve the smoothness of his metre.” —

Scruples « Unknowing 2010

"Were I to chuse between the Moon & earth," retorted William, "I should not hesitate a moment to fix upon the Moon for my Habitation."

A Far-Seeing Family James Kennedy 2011

I think many may be found in most poems, but I am only telling you my notions of excellence, let every one chuse his own path.

Letter 94 2009

Page 321: Upon equal, or nearly equal profits, most men will chuse to employ their capitals rather in the imporivement and cultivation of land, than either in manufactures or in foreign trade.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009

The 3d. and last will be to make it the instrument of dismembering the Union, and setting us all afloat to chuse which part of it we will adhere to.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010