† chave, v. Obs.
[f. chaff: cf. half, halve. The northern form in sense 2 is cave v.4]
1. trans. To mix or strew with chaff.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 338 Yf thou ferne it weel, or chave. Ibid. iv. 119 Do chaved cley therto. |
2. To free (corn, etc.) from chaff and short straw; to separate the chaff from.
| 1649 W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 179 Thrash it out of the straw; and then chave it or clense it from the straw. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. iii. §4 (1681) 29 After you have thrashed it, and chaved it with a fine Rake. 1726 Dict. Rust. (ed. 3) To Cave or Chave, to separate the larger Chaff from the Corn or small Chaff. |
Hence chaved ppl. a. (see sense 1 above), ˈchaving vbl. n.
| 1649 W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1652) 179 By chaving of it with a narrow toothed Rake. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. iii. §4 (1681) 29 And winnowing or chaving. |