Definition of chafe

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

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Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
Galling :: Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
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..
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
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..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..
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..
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