chafer

chafer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. Baker.
  2. 2.A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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