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Chawed vs Cawed - What's the difference?

chawed | cawed |

As verbs the difference between chawed and cawed

is that chawed is past tense of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed while cawed is past tense of caw.

chawed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chaw), i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.

    • chaw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
    • When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw , but then developed cancer of the mouth.
  • (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
    • My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw , and then get us to swallow it.
  • * 1889 , , Chapter XXI,
    • "YOU give him a chaw', did you? So did your sister's cat's grandmother. You pay me back the ' chaws you've awready borry'd off'n me, Lafe Buckner, then I'll loan you one or two ton of it, and won't charge you no back intrust, nuther."
  • (obsolete) The jaw.
    • (Spenser)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, or, nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit).
    • (Spenser)
  • * Surrey
    • The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, / Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
  • * 1884 , , Chapter XXIX,
  • To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
    • (Dryden)
  • (UK, slang) To steal.
    • Some pikey's chawed my bike.
    Appalachian English

    cawed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (caw)

    • caw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The harsh cry of a crow.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Rising and cawing at the gun's report.

    Anagrams

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