Definition of fray

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

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Defrayal :: Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs..
Affrayment :: Affrayment (n.) Affray.
Club :: Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense..
Frayed :: Frayed (imp. & p. p.) of Fra.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others..
Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..
Orfrays :: Orfrays (n.) See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to defray.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
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..
Defrayer :: Defrayer (n.) One who pays off expenses.
Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) A bloody fray or battle.
Affrayed :: Affrayed (p. p.) of Affra.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
Defrayed :: Defrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Defra.
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Orfray :: Orfray (n.) The osprey.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
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..
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..
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