chawed

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.] [See Chew.]

1.To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit. [1913 Webster]

The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.— Surrey.[1913 Webster]

2.To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar. [1913 Webster]