English Explanatory Dictionary

chaffwax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century

Word forms

chaffwax chaffwaxes chafewax chaff-wax
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