Definition of chafe

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

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Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.
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 heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Galling :: Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
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..
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..
Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.
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