Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaufǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chaufǒur n. Also chaufer, -ir, -ur & chafour, chaffer. |
| Etymology | OF chaufouere, -oire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A vessel for heating water; kettle, pot; (b) a cooking vessel, such as a pot, skillet, or frying pan; (c) a serving dish or platter.
Associated quotations
a
- (1429-30) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99142 : In ij chaufours pro aqua califacianda.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)68 : Chafowre, to make whote a thynge as watur: Calefactorium.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1909 : Hurre chaufere..In þe whyche water hurre to wasshe was wonto be hatte.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.39/26 : j Chafir to hete watir.
b
- (1322) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.7334 : ij parve olle enee, j chafoun [read: chafour] enee.
- (1384-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99265 : j chawfer pro cerevisia.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.78 : Let it out wiþ þy fingur, queynchche in a chowfer wiþ oile, & frye it wel.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3023 : Duos chafours, unum pro mensa et alterum pro camino.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)68 : Chafowre, panne: Scutra.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30112 : My best brasyn pottis, a chafir to sethe fissh ynne.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45111 : Coquina..j parvo chawfyer aeneo cum j handle.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)16 : Take a chafoure or a panne, an caste þer-in..fayre grauey of pyke..& sette it on þe fyre.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)44 : Take a chafer ful of freysshe grece boyling.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.39/10 : j paire of Candelstykkes siluer for the auter..j litell Chafir of Syluer with iij fete.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4923 : A litell chafour with a beyl and a lyd of laton.
- (1465) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99244 : j schawfour pro cibis reparandis.
- (1465) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.ccxcviii : j chafour fryxorium.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)61 : A Chafer [Add: Chauffyr]: calefactorium..coculum.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)59a/a : Scutra: a vessel, a shaufour.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30133 : Also a chaffar of silver, for partrich mynced.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)639 : Mynse ye þe gobyns..þan lay þem vppon youre galantyne stondynge on a chaffire hoote.
2.
A brazier (as for warming a room or for heating food); fir ~.
Associated quotations
- (1390) Will York in Sur.Soc.4141 : Unum chawfur aeneum cum tribus pedibus ad coquinam dicti Abbatis.
- (1465) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.ccxcviii : j plater..j fyir chafer.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : j ffyer forke for þe halle. Item a chaffur of laten.
3.
Med. Application of heat, heat treatment.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)40a/b : Auicen forsoþ praiseþ calefactoriez or chaufours with a uentous fulle of hote water & melk & salt & cloþes chaufed or warmed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95a/a : Calefactoriez i. chaufours mollityuez which softly & incensibly makeþ hem to vnbolne in resoluyng superfluite of blode. Þise chaufours..ar made on 2 manerez: o maner þat þe medicyne cocte in som potte vnder a sege [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chafer.