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Word of the Day for Monday, February 2, 2009chaff \chaf\, noun, verb: 1. the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye Chaff is separated from the grain by threshing. It's hard to separate the chaff from the wheat sometimes. The kids chaffed the exchange student for her mistakes in grammar. c 1000, Old English ceaf, from Proto-Germanic *kaf-, *kef-. Chaffinch (Fringilla cælebs) is Old English ceaffinc | |||||||||
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