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ˈchaw-stick
[f. chaw v. + stick.]
A species of Gouania (G. domingensis, family Rhamnaceæ), a common creeper in the West Indies and Brazil, so called in Jamaica because its thin flexible stems are chewed as an agreeable stomachic.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 172 The chawstick..is generally kept to rub and clean the teeth. 1866Treas. Bot. 545 Tooth-brushes are made by cutting pieces of chaw-stick to a convenient length, and fraying out the ends. |