·noun A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais);
— called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
A knife, file: or saw. To chive the darbies; to file off the irons or fetters. To chive the bouhgs o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. II. Chaff ·noun Straw or hay cut up fine for the food o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word some...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
the husk of corn or wheat which was separated from the grain by being thrown into the air, the wind ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary