chaft

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English chafft(e), chaft, chafte, schaft, from Old Norse kjaptr.

Noun[edit]

chaft (plural chafts)

  1. (dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

chaft

  1. Alternative form of schaft (“creation”)
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