Definition for Chaff

chaff, n. [OE ceaf, related to OHG cheva, husk, pod.] (webplay: food, matter).

Husk; hull; dray outer covering; shuck which encloses wheat kernels; light-weight bits that separate from wheat at the time of threshing; [fig.] worthless substance; trivial matter.

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