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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..

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

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..

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 (n.) Heat excited by friction.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan..

Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

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..

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

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