Chaffing-dish
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative form of chafing dish. alt-of, alternative
"He began, therefore, with drawing the coals this way and that, to separate the ashes from the unconsumed wood and pieces of flesh; and having filled his chaffing-dish with ashes, descended to the pavement , turned towards the east side of the ascent to the altar , and laid them down in the place that was allotted for the garbage of the birds , and the ashes that were cleansed from off the golden altar."
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More examples"He began, therefore, with drawing the coals this way and that, to separate the ashes from the unconsumed wood and pieces of flesh; and having filled his chaffing-dish with ashes, descended to the pavement , turned towards the east side of the ascent to the altar , and laid them down in the place that was allotted for the garbage of the birds , and the ashes that were cleansed from off the golden altar."
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