Definition of chafe

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Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..
Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.
Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.
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