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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many <i>Composit\'91</i>, as the sunflower.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<cs><col>Chaff cutter</col>, <cd>a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Chaff</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chaffed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chaffing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To use light, idle lagnguage by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.</def>

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<hw>Chaff</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.</def>

<blockquote>Morgan saw that his master was <b>chaffing</b> him. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A dozen honest fellows . . . <b>chaffed</b> each other about their sweethearts. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Chaff"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who chaffs.</def>

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<hw>Chaf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chaffare</ets>, <ets>cheapfare</ets>; AS. <ets>ce\'a0p</ets> a bargain, price + <ets>faru</ets> a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See <er>Cheap</er>, and <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <def>Bargaining; merchandise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holished.</i>

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<hw>Chaf"fer</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chaffered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chaffering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>chaffaren</ets>, fr. <ets>chaffare</ets>, <ets>chapfare</ets>, <ets>cheapfare</ets>, a bargaining. See <er>Chaffer</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>chaffer</b> for preferments with his gold. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To talk much and idly; to chatter.</def>

<i>Trench.</i>

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<hw>Chaf"fer</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To buy or sell; to trade in.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>chaffered</b> chairs in which churchmen were set. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exchange; to bandy, as words.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Chafferer</h1> <Xpage=236>

<hw>Chaf"fer*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who chaffers; a bargainer.</def>