chaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chaw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for chaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chaw n a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad] v chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chaw \Chaw\, n. [See {Chaw}, v. t.] 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)