[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chafer \chaf"er\, n.
   1. one who chafes.
      1913 webster

   2. a vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
      1913 webster

            a chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons.
                                                  --baker.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chafer \chaf"er\, n. as. ceafor; akin to d. kever, g k"efer.
   zool.
   a kind of beetle; the cockchafer. the name is also applied to
   other species; as, the rose chafer.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cockchafer \cock"chaf`er\, n. see chafer the beetle. zool.
   a beetle of the genus melolontha esp. melolontha
   vulgaris and allied genera; -- called also may bug,
   chafer, or dorbeetle.
   1913 webster cockcrow
see also:
chafer melolontha melolontha vulgaris may bug chafer dorbeetle 

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