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† ˈchafern, ˈchaffern Obs. [app. altered from chafer2, after words like cistern, lantern.] = chafer2 1 a.
1613Inv. in Stratford-on-Avon MSS. (N.) Five brasse pottes..and one chaferne. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 426/2 In our refined speech some call a Barbers Chaffer..a Chaffern, and a Caldafer. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 277 A brass-pot, chafern, or kettle. 1721–1800Bailey, Chaffern, a Vessel to heat Water in. |