Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chaw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaw \Chaw\, n. [See {Chaw}, v. t.]
1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
[Law]
2. [Cf. {Jaw}.] The jaw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
{Chaw bacon}, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law)
{Chaw tooth}, a grinder. (Law)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chawing}.] [See {Chew}.]
1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating;
to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
--Surrey.
2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind
working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.
Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as
vulgar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chaw
n : a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {cud},
{quid}, {plug}, {wad}]
v : chew without swallowing, as of chewing tobacco
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