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

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

grain

GRAIN (derived through the
French
- FRENCH
- CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  _1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
  CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  (1850– )
- NICHOLAS
  _1604_1678_.html">FRENCH,
  NICHOLAS
  (1604-1678)
from Lat. granum, seed, from an
Aryan
- ARYAN
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
word " corn ")

, and also hay and

straw

STRAW

chopped fine as food for

cattle

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 ")

; hence, figuratively, the refuse or worthless

part

PART

of anything. The colloquial use of the word, to chaff, in the sense of to banter or to make fun of a person, may be derived from this figurative sense, or from " to chafe," meaning to vex or irritate.

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