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An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

s separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. Dryden. Old birds are not caught with caff. Old Proverb.

One who chaffs.

One who chaffers; a bargainer.

A vessel for heating water. [Obs.] Johnson.

Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] Spenser.

A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

Without chaff.

Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. Coleridge.

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals. -- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where t…

See Shagreen.

A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.

Vexation; mortification. I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson. Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.

purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29.

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.