1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 227 In rushed Chaffing Peter, well known in Tothilfields as the oracle of the dustman, piping hot from the Old Bailey, with an account of one Lummy..who had been tried for stealing a pair of breeches.

1824 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 13 Mar. The heavy-wet machine was going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, in order to allay the thirst of the chaffing coves.

1884 Architect 17 May 328/2 This laughing chaffing fellow was a man of great power.

1994 K. Gänzl Encycl. Musical Theatre, A–K (U.S. ed.) 30/2 She has run-ins with the local busybody and with some chaffing fellow students.

1832 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 27 July It appeared there had been a good deal of chaffing talk between the prosecutor and the prisoner whilst they were drinking.

1861 N. A. Woods Prince of Wales in Canada & U.S. 426 There were ‘chaffing’ signals too, going on between the vessels.

1876 F. G. Burnaby Ride to Khiva vi. 56 Being a little annoyed at the chaffing remarks of the grinning peasants.

2004 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Oct. (Farming section) A chaffing banter passes back and forth among all his workers, taking the drudgery out of the work.

1828 J. White Treat. Art of Baking 237 Chaffing is the first part of the business that a baker learns; moulding is the next; these two operations are intimately connected with each other.

1925 Glasgow Herald 9 Oct. 6 The loaf is shaped on the chaffing table.

2014 P. Hollywood in Times 5 Aug. (Times2 section) 5/2 I use a technique called chaffing, which gently brings the dough together without developing the gluten too much.

1820 Brit. Luminary 2 July 215/2 Some chaffing took place, and a gentleman offered Hudson five guineas if he would give Spring a lick o' the head!

1821 Morning Post 6 Jan. He had said, he would not fight for less than 500l. a-side, in consequence of his business; but there had been so much chaffing about it, that he would fight Neat for 200l.

1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1009 Much ‘chaffing’ passed between them.

1919 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Consequences i. xiv. 169 Even Sir Francis..indulged in a little mild chaffing of his younger daughter.

1999 Bowls Internat. May 30/1 In this context, playing ‘in the round’ means some good competitive bowling, with plenty of verbal chaffing and a few drinks along the way.

1812 Morning Chron. 1 Sept. (advt.) Corn seives, measures, matting, chaffing machine, corn binns, [etc.].

1820 Amer. Farmer 10 Mar. 400/3 Chaffing of provender is attracting the attention of agriculturalists.

2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 May 89 The price of lucerne hay suitable for chaffing has fallen since the start of the season.

1812 Morning Chron. 1 Sept. (advt.) Corn seives, measures, matting, chaffing machine, corn binns, [etc.].

2018 C. Arch & L. Ebenezer Life beneath Arch (e-book ed.) The most awkward of these implements was the chaffing machine.