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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chaw \Chaw\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Chawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chawing}.] [See {Chew}.]
1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. --Surrey.
2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.
Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chaw \Chaw\, noun [See {Chaw}, verb (used with an object)]
1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. [Law]
2. [Cf. {Jaw}.] The jaw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
{Chaw bacon}, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law)
{Chaw tooth}, a grinder. (Law)
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chaw
noun: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {cud}, {quid}, {plug}, {wad}]
verb: chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco"
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