chauffer

1 definition found

chauffer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]