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Thummie :: Thummie (n.) The chiff-chaff.

Sheldaple :: Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.

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..

Chiff-chaff :: Chiff-chaff (n.) A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps..

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Weet-weet :: Weet-weet (n.) The chaffinch.

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..

Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..

Shilfa :: Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.

Chaffery :: Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.

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

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..

Chaffing :: Chaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaf.

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

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

Pug :: Pug (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain.

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

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

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

Chafferer :: Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.

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