Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Little sticks; fuel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Little
sticks ;twigs forburning ;firewood .
Etymologies
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chat a little stick + wood.
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Examples
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There's another sort of Men, that do not frequent the Exchange, and go out only about their Shop affairs, these we see taking their pleasures for several hours together at Queenhithe and other places, with selling of chatwood; and when they are a weary with walking and talking, away they go to the Plume of Feathers to rest themselves, and call for half a pint, or a pint of Sack, and some to the Strong Water
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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