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† chave, v. Obs.
[f. chaff: cf. half, halve. The northern form in sense 2 is cave v.4]
1. trans. To mix or strew with chaff.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 338 Yf thou ferne it weel, or chave. Ibid. iv. 119 Do chaved cley therto.
2. To free (corn, etc.) from chaff and short straw; to separate the chaff from.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 179 Thrash it out of the straw; and then chave it or clense it from the straw. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. iii. §4 (1681) 29 After you have thrashed it, and chaved it with a fine Rake. 1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3) To Cave or Chave, to separate the larger Chaff from the Corn or small Chaff.
Hence chaved ppl. a. (see sense 1 above), ˈchaving vbl. n.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1652) 179 By chaving of it with a narrow toothed Rake. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. iii. §4 (1681) 29 And winnowing or chaving. |