What does chawe mean?
Chawe means Obsolete spelling of chaw (“jaw”)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Obsolete spelling of chaw (“jaw”)..
Between his cankred teeth a venemous tode, / That al the poyson ranne about his chawe: / But inwardly he chawed his owne mawe / At neighbours wealth, that made him ever sad; / For death it was when any good he sawe; / And wept, that cause of weeping none he had,
[Quoting an earlier text:] John Doughty was so badly beaten about his head that 'some parte of his chawe bone afterwards rotted out', as a result, he was forced to keep to his house for eighteen weeks and 'was not able to goe about and follow his busines'. But this was by no means the end of the matter. Early in January[…]
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Chawe means Obsolete spelling of chaw (“jaw”)..
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Between his cankred teeth a venemous tode, / That al the poyson ranne about his chawe: / But inwardly he chawed his owne mawe / At neighbours wealth, that made him ever sad; / For death it was when any good he sawe; / And wept, that cause of weeping none he had,
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