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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
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1828 Definition
CHAFF, n.
1913 Definition
The glumes or husks of grains and
grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing,
etc.
So take the corn and leave the chaff
behind. Old birds are not caught with caff. Anything of a comparatively light and
worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
The chaff and ruin of the times. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food
of cattle.
By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must
take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very
useful. Light jesting talk; banter;
raillery.
The scales or bracts on
the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many
Compositæ, as the sunflower.
Gray.
Chaff cutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle. To use light, idle language
by way of fun or ridicule] to banter.
To make fun of;
to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering
language; to quiz.
Morgan saw that his master was chaffing
him. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each
other about their sweethearts. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
In correcting public evils, great reliance is placed on schools. But learning and sciences have no material effect in subduing ambition and selfishness, reconciling parties or subjecting private interest to the influence of a ruling preference of public good.
On Suffrage (unpublished)
Patents have a maximum life of 20 years and, therefore, a 20-year potential monopoly. Patents that are just beginning their life and which have longer to run on the their potential monopoly position understandably will have more value. It is rare that a patent nearing the end of its term will cause a great threat to its competitors. It is almost certain that they will have devised technologies or products of their own by then that will not interfere with the patent owners monopoly position. In addition, one has to take into consideration the potential business life of a patent, i.e., the duration, which a patent is likely to be economically useful, if other subsequent patents are providing better alternatives to it.
