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Chaff :: Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.

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

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Chaffwax :: Chaffwax (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Scobby :: Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.

Winnow :: Winnow (v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.

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

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..

Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) Bargaining; merchandise.

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

Chaffless :: Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.

Paleaceous :: Paleaceous (a.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle..

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..

Chaffer :: Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words..

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..

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

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..

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