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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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