chafer

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chaf=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

chafern. 
  •  One who chafes.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.  [1913 Webster]
    "A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons."  [1913 Webster]
chafern. [AS. ceafor; akin to D. kever, G këfer.].
     A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chafer, n. any of various large slow-moving beetles of the family Scarabeidae, esp. the cockchafer.

Etymology
OE ceafor, cefer f. Gmc

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