Definition of fray

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Fray (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.

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Fray :: Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.
Orfray :: Orfray (n.) The osprey.
Club :: Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense..
Pelfray :: Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfr.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Affrayment :: Affrayment (n.) Affray.
Affrayed :: Affrayed (p. p.) of Affra.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc..
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds..
Fridge :: Fridge (n.) To rub; to fray.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Defrayment :: Defrayment (n.) Payment of charges.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..
Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..
Stramazoun :: Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
Defrayal :: Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs..
Orfrays :: Orfrays (n.) See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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