Chaffy

Chaffy
Chaffy Chaff"y, a. 1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. [1913 Webster]

Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

2. Light or worthless as chaff. [1913 Webster]

Slight and chaffy opinion. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]

3. (Bot.) (a) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. (b) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers. [1913 Webster]


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  • chaffy — adjective 1. abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff • Syn: ↑chafflike • Pertains to noun: ↑chaff (for: ↑chafflike), ↑chaff • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • chaffy — adjective see chaff I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chaffy — chaffiness, n. /chaf ee, chah fee/, adj., chaffier, chaffiest. consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff. [1545 55; CHAFF1 + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

  • chaffy — adjective Like or containing chaff …   Wiktionary

  • chaffy — adj. consisting of or resembling chaff; worthless …   English contemporary dictionary

  • chafflike — adjective abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff • Syn: ↑chaffy • Pertains to noun: ↑chaff, ↑chaff (for: ↑chaffy) • Derivationally related forms: ↑chaf …   Useful english dictionary

  • Acerose — Ac er*ose , a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac[ e]reux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ramentaceous —   a. bearing, like or consisting of small shavings or chaffy scales.    ♦ ramental, a.    ♦ ramentiferous, a. bearing such scales.    ♦ ramentum, n. ( pl.    ♦ ta) shaving; chaffy scale on young ferns …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • scale fern — noun small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds • Syn: ↑scaly fern, ↑Asplenium ceterach, ↑Ceterach officinarum • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Asplenium, ↑genus Aspl …   Useful english dictionary

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