"When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth."
"My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw, and then get us to swallow it."
verb
°(nonstandard) Nonstandard spelling of
chew; to
grind with the teeth; to
masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to
champ, as the bit.
°(British slang) To
steal.
"...some pikey's chawed my bike."