Definition of chaff

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

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Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Cheapen :: Cheapen (v. t.) To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for..
Weet-weet :: Weet-weet (n.) The chaffinch.
Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
Glumelle :: Glumelle (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.
Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..
Twink :: Twink (n.) The chaffinch.
Chaff :: Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Chaffing :: Chaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaf.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.
Chaffered :: Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffe.
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..
Wetbird :: Wetbird (n.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain..
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.
Fringilla :: Fringilla (a.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling..
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
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