Definition of chaff

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Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..

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Robinet :: Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
Chaffless :: Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.
Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..
Shrape :: Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
Receptacular :: Receptacular (a.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words..
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.
Chaffing :: Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.
Chaff :: Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.
Scobby :: Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Wetbird :: Wetbird (n.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Pettychaps :: Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Chaffering :: Chaffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaffe.
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