Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Formerly, in England, an officer in chancery who prepared the wax for the sealing of writs and other documents about to be issued. Also written
chaff-wax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
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- noun Alternative form of
chaffwax .
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Examples
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A chafewax sealed the Lord Chancellor's documents until the post was abolished in 1852.
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