Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chafer

Chafer , noun

1.
One who chafes.
2.
A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. — Baker

Chafer , noun

[Anglo-Saxon ceafor; akin to Dutch kever, G kefer.]

(Zoology) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.