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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Higgle :: Higgle (v. i.) To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
Palea :: Palea (n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
Haggle :: Haggle (v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
Palea :: Palea (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc..
Paleaceous :: Paleaceous (a.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle..
Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.
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..
Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.
Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff..
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Chaffered :: Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffe.
Robinet :: Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.
Weet-weet :: Weet-weet (n.) The chaffinch.
Shilfa :: Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
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