chaffer

n. [ OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare. ] Bargaining; merchandise. [ Obs. ] Holished. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chaffered p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering. ] [ OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To buy or sell; to trade in. [ 1913 Webster ]

He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chaffers; a bargainer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chafe, v. t. ] A vessel for heating water. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]