Definition of fray

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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..

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Affrayer :: Affrayer (n.) One engaged in an affray.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Fridge :: Fridge (n.) To rub; to fray.
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
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..
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..
Defrayal :: Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs..
Orfrays :: Orfrays (n.) See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Defrayer :: Defrayer (n.) One who pays off expenses.
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..
Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) A bloody fray or battle.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to defray.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To rub.
Defraying :: Defraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defra.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Pelfray :: Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfr.
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..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
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