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Chaff (?), n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.]
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1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
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So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. Dryden.
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Old birds are not caught with caff. Old Proverb.
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2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
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The chaff and ruin of the times. Shak.
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3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
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By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. Ywatt.
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4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
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5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositæ, as the sunflower. Gray.
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Chaff cutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into “chaff” for the use of cattle.
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Chaff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffing.] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
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Chaff, v. t. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
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Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray.
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A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.
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