Definition of chafe

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

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Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
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..
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
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..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
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..
Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or 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..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.
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