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—chaffiness, n./chaf"ee, chah"fee/, adj., chaffier, chaffiest.consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.[1545-55; CHAFF1 + -Y1]
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Chaffy — Chaff y, a. 1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. [1913 Webster] Chaffy grain beneath the thresher s flail. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. Light or worthless as chaff. [1913 Webster] Slight and chaffy opinion. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chaffy — [chaf′ē] adj. chaffier, chaffiest 1. full of chaff 2. like chaff; worthless … English World dictionary
chaffy — adjective 1. abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff • Syn: ↑chafflike • Pertains to noun: ↑chaff (for: ↑chafflike), ↑chaff • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chaffy — adjective see chaff I … New Collegiate Dictionary
chaffy — adjective Like or containing chaff … Wiktionary
chaffy — adj. consisting of or resembling chaff; worthless … English contemporary dictionary
chafflike — adjective abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff • Syn: ↑chaffy • Pertains to noun: ↑chaff, ↑chaff (for: ↑chaffy) • Derivationally related forms: ↑chaf … Useful english dictionary
Acerose — Ac er*ose , a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac[ e]reux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ramentaceous — a. bearing, like or consisting of small shavings or chaffy scales. ♦ ramental, a. ♦ ramentiferous, a. bearing such scales. ♦ ramentum, n. ( pl. ♦ ta) shaving; chaffy scale on young ferns … Dictionary of difficult words
scale fern — noun small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds • Syn: ↑scaly fern, ↑Asplenium ceterach, ↑Ceterach officinarum • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Asplenium, ↑genus Aspl … Useful english dictionary
