English Dictionary: chawing | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [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. |