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Chaff cutter
(gcide) | 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 Composit[ae], 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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