Helen Fenton

Chafery: Definition and part of speech

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Chafery

  1. v. t. An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaff: Definition and part of speech

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Chaff

  1. n. The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
  2. n. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
  3. n. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
  4. n. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  5. n. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaffer: Definition and part of speech

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Chaffer

  1. n. Bargaining; merchandise.
  2. n. One who chaffs.
  3. n. To talk much and idly; to chatter.
  4. v. t. To buy or sell; to trade in.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.