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transitive and intransitive. To separate chaff and empty ears from the corn; = chave, v. 2.
transitive. To remove (chaff) from grain, in the process of threshing or winnowing. Obsolete.
To free (corn, etc.) from chaff and short straw; to separate the chaff from.