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chaff-weed (ˈtʃɑːfwiːd, -æ-) [app. orig. the same as chafeweed (written chafweed by Turner), but in later times referred to chaff. Turner applied chafweed to his ‘Centunculus’, which was Gnaphalium sylvaticum, and to this or the allied Filago the name continued to be applied. But later botanists app...
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▪ I. chaff, n.1 (tʃɑːf, -æ-) Forms: 1 ceaf, cef, 2 chæf, 2–4 chef, (2, 4 cheue, 4 chaue), 4 cheff, 3–5, 7 chaf, 4–7 chaffe, 3–4, 6– chaff; north. 4 caf, 5 kaf, kaff, kafe, 6 caiff, 4–7 caffe, 5–9 caff. (Occasional 4 schaf, 5 shaffe.) [OE. ceaf, corresp. to MDu. caf (Du. kaf), MHG., MLG., dial. Ger. ...
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