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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Wheatsel Bird :: Wheatsel bird () The male of the chaffinch.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Chaffing :: Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter..
Wetbird :: Wetbird (n.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
Glumelle :: Glumelle (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
Dicker :: Dicker (n.) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker..
Chaffed :: Chaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.
Chaffern :: Chaffern (v. t.) A vessel for heating water.
Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.
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..
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Whitewing :: Whitewing (n.) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.
Chiff-chaff :: Chiff-chaff (n.) A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps..
Receptacular :: Receptacular (a.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away..
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
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