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Pulu :: Pulu (n.) A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent..

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..

Chaffering :: Chaffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaffe.

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

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

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

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..

Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.

Shrape :: Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

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)..

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

Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff..

Stramonium :: Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.

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..

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

Haggle :: Haggle (v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

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

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

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

Dicker :: Dicker (n.) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker..

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