单词 | chafer |
释义 | chaferchaffern.1 A name given to certain beetles, now chiefly the cockchafer n. and rose chafer n.; used alone, it generally means the former of these. Apparently, originally applied to species destructive to plants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > member of (cockchafer) chaferc1000 kafer1599 cockchafer1668 miller1668 May-bug1688 May-beetle1720 oak-web1720 humbuzz1756 May-chafer1766 dor-beetle1774 locust1790 fern-web1796 melolonthian1841 lamellicorn1842 furze-owl1847 rose beetle1856 melolonthid1928 billywitch1933 α. form chafer. β. form chaffer.1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 314 The great appearances of Chaffers, or other Insects.1770–4 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) III. 99 Cock-Chaffer..called..the Chaffer..the Jeffry-Cock, the May-bug and (in Norfolk) the Dor.1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 324 Every sparrow that flies by has a chaffer in its mouth.c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 121 Bruchus, ceafor. c1000 Ags. Ps. civ. 30 [cv. 34] Sona cwoman gangan gærshoppan, and grame ceaferas [bruchus]. c1400 Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) II. 211 (MS. α) Of hors i-roted comeþ cheaffers [1387 harnettes, Caxton chauers]. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie iv. sig. D8 These [dorres]..do openly engender with their females, as the chaffers doe. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) II. xxi. 254 Take one of the common chafers or dung-beetles into your hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). chafern.2 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > portable receptacle for burning fuel fire paneOE heartheOE fire vessela1382 chafer1395 chimneyc1420 chafing-dish1483 coal pan1530 fire chauffer1558 brazeraine1623 brasero1652 brazier1690 firecage1770 fire-holder1789 fire basket1798 mangal1814 komfoor1841 rodney1848 Jack1849 chip pan1854 reredos1859 hibachi1863 scaldino1866 chafing-pan1867 salamander1873 α. form chauf(f)our, -er. β. form chafour, -er.1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 Þe best of yren broches, & a chafur.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 68 Chafowre to make whote a thynge as watur, calefactorium.1488 in P. F. Tytler Inventory Jewels James III (1864) II. 392 A chalfer, of silver ouregilt.a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. C Enter Mephastophilis with a chafer of coles.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 398/1 Barbers..carry about with them..a small Chafer.1721–33 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. i. i. 2 Basin and chavers of silver and gilt..to wash the Prince.1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1257 These [barbers'] chafers are no longer made in London.γ. form chaffer.a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 161 Lay þem vppon youre galantyne stondynge on a chaffire hoote.1505 Will of John Horwood (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/14) f. 294 A large chaffer of laton.1629 Inventory Hatfield Priory in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. (1889) New Ser. 3 160 j great brasse chaffer to heat water in.1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 5 A chaufour of siluer. 1427 Mem. Rip. (1882) I. 329 j chawfer. 1434 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 101 A chaufur of bras. 1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 162 ij fyer chavffers. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 215 Faire chaufers and goodly pots. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 920/2 A clearke of the hamper; and a chafer of the wax. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 2 Chafer of Wax. Fee.—7l. 6s. 7d. 1805 Lett. Patent in Law Times 81 442/2 The office or place of chaffer of the wax. 3. One who chafes or fumes. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun] > irritable person impatient1502 chafer1598 fume1768 Scot1819 fumer1894 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bronfatore..a snorter, a huff snuff, a chafer. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §1. 127 Chafers in play are couetous, great gamesters are foolish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). chaferv.ΚΠ 1678 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother (rev. ed.) iv. ii. 36 Mir Do they chafer [1637 chafe] roundly? And. As they were rubb'd with Soap, Sir..Mir. Long may they chafe, and long may we laugh at 'em. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online January 2018). < |
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