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

Scobby :: Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.

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..

Sheldaple :: Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

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

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

Fan :: Fan (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.

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

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away..

Chaffered :: Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffe.

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