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Definition of Chaffed
1. chaff [v] - See also: chaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaffed
Literary usage of Chaffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"The hybrid wag velvet-chaffed and red-grained, and its progeny consisted of 45
velvet-chaffed red-grained, 15 velvet-chaffed white-grained, ..."
2. The Cloister and the Hearth: Or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; a Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1861)
"... chaffed them a little space, treading water, then turned and swam wearily all
across, and at last was obliged to get out, for very shame, ..."
3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"But my comrades were too knowing not to detect my predisposition towards the
writer of the gracefully-worded note, and chaffed me unmercifully about it, ..."
4. General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of by Sir John Sinclair (1814)
"many varieties, which may be arranged under two divisions, thick-chaffed and
thin-chaffed*. The former of these was formerly in greatest repute, ..."
5. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"The thin chaffed wheats are » hardy class, and seldom mildewed, ... In 1799, thin
chaffed wheats were seriously injured; and instances were not wanting to ..."
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