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Chaffinch :: Chaffinch (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch..

Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..

Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.

Palea :: Palea (n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

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

Robinet :: Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.

Chaffern :: Chaffern (v. t.) A vessel for heating water.

Palea :: Palea (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc..

Higgle :: Higgle (v. i.) To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.

Sheldaple :: Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.

Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.

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

Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

Whitewing :: Whitewing (n.) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.

Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff..

Cheapen :: Cheapen (v. t.) To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for..

Acerose :: Acerose (a.) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

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..

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

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..

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