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Chaw
·vt The <<Jaw>>. II. Chaw ·vt As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. III. Chaw ·v...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to chaw
(Saxon, ceowan; German, kawen.) To champ between the teeth; to masticate; to chew.--Johnson. Webster...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
chaw bacon
A countryman. A stupid fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to chaw up
To use up; demolish. I heerd Tom Jones swar he'd chaw me up, if an inch of me was found in them dig...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.