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• CHAFF (from the A.S. ceaf, allied to the O. High Ger. cheva, a husk or pod)

CHAFF (from the A.S. ceaf, allied to the O. High Ger. cheva, a husk or pod)  , the husks See also:

• LEFT

left after threshing See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, and also See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay and See also:

• STRAW

straw chopped See also:

• FINE

fine as See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food for See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle; hence, figuratively, the refuse or worthless See also:

• PART

part of anything . The colloquial use of the word, to See also:

• CHAFF (from the A.S. ceaf, allied to the O. High Ger. cheva, a husk or pod)

chaff, in the sense of to banter or to make fun of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, may be derived from this figurative sense, or from " to chafe," meaning to vex or irritate .