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 Chaw v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.]
 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.
 Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.