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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAFERY

n.In Iron works, a forge in which an ancony or square mass of iron, hammered into a bar in the middle, with its ends rough, is reduced to a complete bar, by hammering down the ends to the shape of the middle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHAFERY

Chaf "er *y, n. Etym: [See Chafe, v. t.] (Iron Works )

 

Defn: An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.