Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chauffer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chauffer \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 bottom, and an open top.
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