the glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.-anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.-straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.-light jesting talk; banter; raillery.-the scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many compositae, as the sunflower.-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.