CHAFER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who chafes.

2.
n.

A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. Baker.

3.
n.

A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.


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