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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..

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

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

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

Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..

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..

Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

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

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

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

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

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.) Injury or wear caused by friction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.

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