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Affreighter
Affreighter Af*freight"er, n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
Affret
Affret Af*fret", n. [Cf. It. affrettare to hasten, fretta haste.] A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Caffre
Kaffir Kaf"fir, Kafir Ka"fir, n. [Ar. k?fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) (a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.] Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
Caffre
Caffre Caf"fre, n. See Kaffir.
zaffre
Zaffer af"fer, n. [F. zafre, safre; cf. Sp. zafra, safra, It. saffera, G. zaffer; all probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Zaphara.] A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc. [Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]
zaffree
Zaffer af"fer, n. [F. zafre, safre; cf. Sp. zafra, safra, It. saffera, G. zaffer; all probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Zaphara.] A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc. [Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]

Meaning of Affre from wikipedia

- Affré or Affre is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Agustarello Affre (1858–1931), French operatic tenor Denis Auguste Affre...
- Denis-Auguste Affre (27 September 1793 – 27 June 1848) was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while...
- Agustarello Affre (23 October 1858 - 27 December 1931) was a French operatic tenor. He possessed a powerful, firm and exceptionally beautiful voice which...
- Pierre Affre (1590–1669) was a French sculptor. Pierre Affre was born in 1590 in Béziers, France. He moved to Toulouse, where he was mentored by Artus...
- troops and about 3,000 insurgents. A notable casualty was Denis Auguste Affre, the Archbishop of Paris, who was killed during peace negotiations. The...
- honorary canon of Notre Dame, he became the close friend of Archbishop Affre and of his successor Archbishop Sibour. He was appointed bishop of Nancy...
- Archbishop Noailles, and two unidentified tombs. The tomb of Archbishop Affre (1793–1848) in the Chapel of Saint-Denis. The sculpture depicts the archbishop's...
- 1002/ajb2.1745. hdl:10347/29048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 34636413. Suehs, C. M.; Affre, L.; Médail, F. (January 2004). "Invasion dynamics of two alien Carpobrotus...
- in the house depicted by Matisse in his View of Collioure Marie Barrère-Affre (1885–1963) writer, lived and died in Collioure. René Llense (1913–2014)...
- Crozot, painter, born in Rodez at the end of the 17th century Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (1793–1848) Georges d'Armagnac, Bishop of Avignon,...