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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..

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

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

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

Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..

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

Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.

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

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..

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

Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..

Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

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

Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.

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

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.

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