Chauffer

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:27:01

Chauf"fer (?), n. [Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See Chafe.] Chem.

A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top.

 

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