† chafe-waxn.

Forms: Also chaff-wax.

Etymology: < chafe v. (sense 1) + wax n.¹

Obsolete.

An officer attending on the Lord Chancellor, whose duty it was to prepare the wax for sealing documents. The office was abolished in 1852.

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts

alderman1275

steward of the manor1303

Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425

remembrancer1451

augmentationer1550

associate1552

procurator-fiscal1564

proctor-fiscal1565

chafer1587

custos brevium1589

examiner1594

chafe-wax1607

exceptor1728

procurator general1740

Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769

Pundit of the Supreme Court1827

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. M4/1 Chafewaxe, is an officer in chauncery, that fitteth the waxe for the sealing of the writs.

1614 T. Ellesmere in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) II. l. 231 The poore Sealer and Chaffewax, and ther dependantes.

1673 London Gaz. No. 750/4 The Chafe wax to the Great Seal.

1886 Law Times 81 442/2 The now obsolete office of chaffwax to the Lord Chancellor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	chafe-wax
释义	† chafe-waxn. Forms: Also chaff-wax. Etymology: < chafe v. (sense 1) + wax n.¹ Obsolete. An officer attending on the Lord Chancellor, whose duty it was to prepare the wax for sealing documents. The office was abolished in 1852. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. M4/1 Chafewaxe, is an officer in chauncery, that fitteth the waxe for the sealing of the writs. 1614 T. Ellesmere in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) II. l. 231 The poore Sealer and Chaffewax, and ther dependantes. 1673 London Gaz. No. 750/4 The Chafe wax to the Great Seal. 1886 Law Times 81 442/2 The now obsolete office of chaffwax to the Lord Chancellor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1607
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