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The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the
seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. |
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Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character;
the refuse part of anything. |
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Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. |
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Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. |
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The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each
flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower. |
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To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to
banter. |
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To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in
ironical or bantering language; to quiz. |