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

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..

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..

Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..

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

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

Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.

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

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

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.

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

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

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

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

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

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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..

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

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

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