chaw

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

chaw, v. t. [See Chew.].

•  To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.  [1913 Webster]

  "The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
  Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood."  [1913 Webster]
•  To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

  "A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar."  [1913 Webster]

chaw, n. [See Chaw, v. t.].

•  As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.  [1913 Webster]
•  The jaw.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)