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Webster 1913 Edition


Chauffer

Chauf′fer

,
Noun.
[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 bottom, and an open top.