[f. CHAFF sb.1] Hence Chaffed ppl. a., Chaffing vbl. sb.

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  1.  trans. To mix with chaff; = CHAVE v. 1.

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1552.  Huloet, Chaffed or myxt wyth chaffe, paleatus.

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  2.  To cut (hay, straw, etc.) for fodder.

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1883.  Hertfordsh. Mercury, 8 Dec., 4/4. In most other cases the grass has been chaffed when put into the silo.

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1887.  Times, 7 Sept., 3/3. Mr. Henry Simmonds fed … the young stock on chaffed hay and straw. Ibid., [He] was in the habit of supplying winter food … by chaffing up the straw.

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