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chaft

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English chafft(e), chaft, chafte, schaft, from Old Norse kjaptr.

Noun edit

chaft (plural chafts)

  1. (dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.

Middle English edit

Noun edit

chaft

  1. Alternative form of schaft (“creation”)
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