Definition of chaff

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

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Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) Bargaining; merchandise.
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.) 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.
Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.
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..
Chaffless :: Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.
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..
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..
Scobby :: Scobby (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..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.
Paleaceous :: Paleaceous (a.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle..
Winnow :: Winnow (v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.
Shilfa :: Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words..
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..
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff..
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