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English : habitational name from a place in Somerset named Chew Magna, which is named for the river on which it stands, a Celtic name, perhaps cognate with Welsh cyw ‘young animal or bird’, ‘chicken’.English : habitational name from places called Chew, in West Yorkshire and in the parish of Billington, Lancashire, named with Old English cēo ‘fish gill’, used in the transferred sense of a ravine, in a similar way to Old Norse gil.English : derogatory nickname from Middle English chowe ‘chough’, Old English cēo, a bird closely related to the crow and the jackdaw, notorious for its chattering and thieving.Korean : variant of Chu.Chinese : variant of Zhao.
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English : from the Norman personal name Huard, Heward, composed of the Germanic elements hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.English : from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name HÄward, composed of the Old Norse elements há ‘high’ + varðr ‘guardian’, ‘warden’.English : variant of Ewart 2.Irish : see Fogarty.Irish (County Clare) surname adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó hÃomhair, which was formerly Anglicized as O’Hure.The house of Howard, the leading family of the English Roman Catholic nobility, was founded by Sir William Howard or Haward of Norfolk (d. 1308). The family acquired the dukedom of Norfolk by marriage. The first duke of Norfolk of the Howard line was created earl marshal of England by Richard III in 1483, and this office has been held by his succeeding male heirs to the present day. They also hold the earldoms of Suffolk, Berkshire, Carlisle, and Effingham. Henry VIII’s fifth queen, Catherine Howard (?1520–42), was a niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. American Howards include the father and son John Eager Howard and Benjamin Chew Howard of Baltimore, MD, both MD politicians.
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n.
A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
n.
A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.
v. t.
To chew over again.
a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
v. t.
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
n.
That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
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The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
n.
The chewink.
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The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
n.
The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
imp. & p. p.
of Chew
adv.
In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
v. i.
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
n.
One who chews.
a.
Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chew
n.
The act of chewing.
n.
An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.
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Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.
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Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.