Noah Webster
Chavender
CHAVENDER,
CHAW, verb transitive
1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to ruminate, or to chew as the cud.
2. To ruminate in thought; to revolve and consider.
CHAW, noun
1. The jaw. Ezekiel 29:4. But in modern editions of the Bible it is printed jaw.
2. In vulgar language, a cud; as much as is put in the mouth at once.