Definition of chafe

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

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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..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Chafed :: Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.
Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
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..
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
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 rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
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