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Definition of Chaffs
1. chaff [v] - See also: chaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaffs
Literary usage of Chaffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous by John Moore, Francis Prévost, Francis William Blagdon (1803)
"Like rubbed amber, the fop, without influencing any substance of weight, attracts
all the straws and chaffs that are near it. PRUSSIAN MANNERS. ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1871)
"The thrashing of grains must be regularly done to supply straws for chaffs and
litter, with the grains for the special purposes. The flail supplies these ..."
3. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"Glume-like, on bearing glumes, chaffs, husks. ... with'j husks or chaffs; unirá/re,
with one, &c. When several flowers arc ..."
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