Define the word chaw"Chaw" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
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The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
--Surrey.
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2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind
working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.
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Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as
vulgar.
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"Chaw" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Chaw \Chaw\, n. [See Chaw, v. t.]
1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
[Law]
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2. [Cf. Jaw.] The jaw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law)
Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)
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"chaw" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
chaw
n : a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, cud,
quid, plug, wad]
v : chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco"
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