chaffern

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vessel for heating water. obsolete
    — The wards should be daily fumigated by means of thus, benzoin, or other aromatics, or wetted gunpowder thrown on burning coals, put in an irot pot or chaffern, or with the steams of warm vinegar placed in the middle of the ward.

词形变化

chafferns plural

词源

A modification of chafer (“vessel for heating water”) after words like cistern and lantern.
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