Definition of chaff

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Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.

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Chaffer :: Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words..
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Twink :: Twink (n.) The chaffinch.
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Chaffered :: Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffe.
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.
Cheapen :: Cheapen (v. t.) To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Pettychaps :: Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)..
Robinet :: Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff..
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns..
Chaffed :: Chaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.
Pug :: Pug (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain.
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