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English
Adjective
chaffed
- Finely chopped into chaff.
1888, Thomas Jennings, “Practical Experiences in the Preparation of Food for Stock”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 440:Chaffed food, or "lick," as it is termed here, causes both milk and butter to be sweeter and of better quality, and free from taste of turnips.
1907, Robert Wallace, Farm Live Stock of Great Britain, page 504:Straw (usually oat-, but at times wheat- or bean-straw) is often given during winter, and hay in spring when hard work begins; but the best results are obtained by using a chaffed mixture of hay and straw throughout the winter season.
1914, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia, page 688:A visitor mentioned that if horses had to be placed on a chaffed straw diet, a small quantity of pollard would prevent scouring.
Derived terms
Verb
chaffed
- simple past and past participle of chaff
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
chaffed
- Aspirate mutation of caffed.
Mutation
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