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chaferies

chaferies is the plural of chafery.

Meaning of chafery

Noun

chafery (plural chaferies)

  1. An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
    • The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney.1957, H. R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224

Questions about chaferies

What is chaferies the plural of?
Chaferies is the plural of chafery.

Words near chaferies in the dictionary

  1. chafen
  2. chafened
  3. chafening
  4. chafens
  5. chafer
  6. chaferies
  7. chafers
  8. chafery
  9. chafes
  10. chafes at the bit
  11. chafesome

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