Chaw

3 definitions found

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

  Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Chawing}.] [See {Chew}.]
     1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating;
        to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
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              The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
              Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
                                                    --Surrey.
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     2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind
        working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.
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     Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as
           vulgar.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chaw \Chaw\, n. [See {Chaw}, v. t.]
     1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
        [Law]
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     2. [Cf. {Jaw}.] The jaw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     {Chaw bacon}, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law)
  
     {Chaw tooth}, a grinder. (Law)
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chaw
       n : a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {cud},
           {quid}, {plug}, {wad}]
       v : chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco"