chaffinch (chafinch)

[ Chaffinch (Fringilla calebs). finch.] 1. A common European bird of the genus Fringilla, F. cælebs, whose pleasant short and oft-repeated song is heard from early chaffron (chaf'ron), n. Same as chamfron. chaffs (chafs), n. pl. [Var. of chafts: see chaft.] The jaws; jaw-bones; chops. (North. Eng.] chaff-seed (chaf's ed), n. The Schwalbea Ameri can a, a scrophularia ceo us plant with yellowish flowers, allied to the eyebright, found along the Atlantic coast of the United States: so called from its loose thin seed-coats.