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Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Chaffless :: Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..

Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..

Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.

Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..

Chaffed :: Chaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.

Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.

Weet-weet :: Weet-weet (n.) The chaffinch.

Chiff-chaff :: Chiff-chaff (n.) A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps..

Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.

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.

Shrape :: Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..

Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower..

Pug :: Pug (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain.

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