[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chaff \chaff\, n. ac. ceaf; akin to d. kaf, g. kaff.
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   1. the glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from
      the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
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            so take the corn and leave the chaff behind.
                                                  --dryden.
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            old birds are not caught with caff.   --old proverb.
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   2. anything of a comparatively light and worthless character;
      the refuse part of anything.
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            the chaff and ruin of the times.      --shak.
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   3. straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
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            by adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take
            more time to eat it. in this way chaff is very
            useful.                               --ywatt.
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   4. light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
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   5. bot. the scales or bracts on the receptacle, which
      subtend each flower in the heads of many compositae, as
      the sunflower. --gray.
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   chaff cutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into
      "chaff" for the use of cattle.
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see also:
chaff cutter 

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