'Chuck farthing' definitions:

Definition of 'Chuck farthing'

From: GCIDE
  • Chuck \Chuck\, n.
  • 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A short throw; a toss. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. [1913 Webster]
  • Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing.
  • Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut.
  • Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. --Knight. [1913 Webster]