noun. Any of various plant-eating scarab beetles, such as the rose chafer.

noun. One who or that which chafes.

noun. A vessel for heating water, food, etc.; a chafing-dish.

noun. Hence Any dish or pan.

noun. A small portable furnace; a chauffer. E. H. Knight. Also chaffer.

noun. A name commonly given to several species of lamellicorn beetles, Scarabæidæ

noun. A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species.

noun. One who chafes.

noun. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.

noun. Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer and rose chafer

"I believe, in contradiction to most etymologists, that the Egyptian scarab, chepera, is our word chafer, French cafard, and possibly Italian scarafaggio."

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