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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To chew.
  2. n. A chew, especially of tobacco.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Same as chew, 1.
  2. 2. Same as chew, 2.
  3. To be sulky.
  4. n. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew, especially of tobacco; a quid.
  5. n. The jaw.
  6. n. [This form occurred twice in the original edition (1611) of the authorized version of the Scriptures (Ezek. xxix. 4, xxxviii. 4), but in modern editions has been changed.]

Wiktionary

  1. n. informal, uncountable Chewing tobacco.
  2. n. countable A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
  3. n. obsolete The jaw.
  4. v. nonstandard Nonstandard spelling of chew; to grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
  5. v. UK, slang To steal.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
  2. v. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
  3. n. Law As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
  4. n. obsolete The jaw.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  2. v. chew without swallowing

Etymologies

  1. See chew. (Wiktionary)
  2. Variant of chew. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • yarb And I for one am glad he doesn't chaw. Down the hatch I go! Sep 29, 2010

  • madmouth "All other griefs allow a part
    To other griefs, and ask themselves but some;
    They come to us, but us Love draws,
    He swallows us, and never chaws"

    -From Donne's "The Broken Heart" Sep 28, 2010

  • yarb Citation on unclockwise. Jun 19, 2009

  • yarb The old crone's left cheek was puffed out as though she had a chaw in it.

    - William Gass, The Tunnel May 11, 2009

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