Chew

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King James Dictionary [1]

Chew,

1. To bite and grind with the teeth to masticate, as food, to prepare it for deglutition and digestion. 2. To ruminate in the thoughts to meditate as, to chew revenge. 3. To champ to bite, hold or roll about in the mouth as, to chew tobacco. 4. To taste, without swallowing.

Chew, To champ upon to ruminate.

Old politicians chew on wisdom past.

Chew, n. That which is chewed that which is held in the mouth at once a cud.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

(2): (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

(3): (n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

(4): (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]

 Leviticus 11:4 (c) (See under "Cud").

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