chavet

An obsolete form of chaff1. cheap (This form occurred twice in the original edition (1611) of the authorized version of the Scriptures (Ezek. xxix. 4, xxxviii. 4), but in modern editions has been changed.] chaw-bacon (cha'ba"kn), n. [ chaw1 + obj. bacon.] A country lout; a bumpkin. [Colloq., Eng.] The chawbacons , hundreds of whom were the Earl's tenants, raised a shout. Savage , Reuben Medlicott, ii. 10. chaw-bonet, n. An obsolete form of jaw - bone . chawcerst, n. pl. [ chau ure or OF. chau soire , shoes, foot-gear, chau er , shoe: see