chuett (choet)

See chewet2. chufa (chö fä), n. [Sp.] A species of sedge, Cyperus esculent us, the tuberous roots of which are used as a vegetable in the south of Europe. chuff1 (chuf), n. and a. [ No, ye fat chuffs , I would your store were here! Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 2. A wretched hob-nailed chuff , whose recreation is reading of almanacks. B. Jonson, Pref. to Every Man out of his Humour. he may prove the philosopher's stone to me. If Anthony be so wealthy a chuff as report speaks him, Scott, Kenilworth, I. iii. IMG:content-0390.png:[blocks in formation] pull. chug (chug), v. i.; pret. and pp. chugg chugged, ppr. chugging. [