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語源 1

From 中期英語 chaufour, chafour, from Anglo-Norman chaufour, from Latin calefactōrium; equivalent to chafe +‎ -er.

名詞

chafer (plural chafers)

1. One who chafes.
2. A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
   • 1643, Richard Baker, Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans' Government unto the Death of King James:

     A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons.

3. A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.
   • 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, page [21]:

     Enter Mephoſtophilis with the Chafer of fire. / Meph. See Fauſtus here is fire, ſet it on.

語源 2

From 中期英語 chafur, chavere, from 古期英語 ċeafor, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō (“beetle”). Cognate with German Käfer and Dutch kever.

名詞

chafer (plural chafers)

1. Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer.
   • c. 1803, William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence” in the Pickering Manuscript:

     He who torments the Chafers sprite
     Weaves a Bower in endleſs Night

派生語

アナグラム

• Fráech

名詞

chafer

1. Alternative form of chaufour

語源 2

動詞

chafer

1. Alternative form of chaffaren