chaft

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chaft (plural chafts)

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

Middle English

Noun

chaft

  1. Alternative form of schaft (“creation”)
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