Definition of chaws:
(n) :
(Appalachia, informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
(n) :
(countable) That which is chewed.
(v) :
(archaic or nonstandard outside dialects, e.g. Appalachia, Southern US) To chew; grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud).
(v) :
(UK, slang) To steal.
(v) :
(dialectal, intransitive) To be sulky.
(v) :
(obsolete, transitive) To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider.