CHAVENDER, CHAW, verb transitive 1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to ruminate, or to chew as the cud. 2. To ruminate in thought; to revolve and consider. CHAW, noun 1. The jaw. Ezekiel 29:4. But in modern editions of the Bible it is printed jaw. 2. In vulgar language, a cud; as much as is put in the mouth at once.
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