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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Chaff
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the A.S. ceaf, allied to the O. High Ger. cheva, a husk or pod), the husks left after threshing grain, and also hay and straw chopped fine as food for cattle; hence, figuratively, the refuse or worthless part of anything. The colloquial use of the word, to chaff, in the sense of to banter or to make fun of a person, may be derived from this figurative sense, or from "to chafe," meaning to vex or irritate.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chaff'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/chaff.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chaff'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/chaff.html. 1910.
