Chafe-wax

Chafe-wax

A chafe-wax, or chaff-wax, was an officer under the Lord Chancellor, whose business it was to fit the wax for sealing of writs, patents, and other instruments issued from there.[1] The office of chaff-wax was abolished in 1852.[2]

References

  1. ^  This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Carcass". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 1989.

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  • Chafe-wax — See Chauffer of Chancery …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • chafe-wax — …   Useful english dictionary

  • chafe — chafe; chafe·wax; en·chafe; …   English syllables

  • wax — Car·bo·wax; chafe·wax; de·wax; pax·wax; wax; wax·berry; wax·er; wax·er·man; wax·haw; wax·i·ly; wax·i·ness; wax·man; woad·wax·en; wood·wax·en; bees·wax; de·wax·able; woad·wax; …   English syllables

  • chaff-wax — var. of chafe wax …   Useful english dictionary

  • chafewax — chafe·wax …   English syllables

  • Chafewax — Chafe wax , or Chaffwax Chaff wax , n. (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chaffwax — Chafewax Chafe wax , or Chaffwax Chaff wax , n. (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chauffer of Chancery — The official in *chancery whose task was to heat the wax on the occasions when the *great seal was being used. A chafer was a small grate which held fire for heating. Chauffer was known more colloquially as chafe wax. [< OldFr. chauffer = to… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Spigurnel — Title of the sealer of writs in *chancery in the 13 14c. It was he who actually used the seal on documents, assisted by the *chauffer, or chafe wax. The title is found as a surname in the 14c. The Latin form is spigurnellus …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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