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Chafe

Chafe (chafe)
v. t.(ch1913 webster dictionaryf)
Chafe
[imp. *** p. p. Chafed (ch&amacr]ft); p pr. *** vb. n. Chafing.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm] <
  1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

    To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
    Spenser.

  2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

    Her intercession chafed him.
    Shak.

  3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

    Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed.
    Sir W. Scott.

    Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Chafe

Chafe (chafe)
v. i.
Chafe
  1. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
  2. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
    Spenser.

    He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
    Shak.

Chafe

Chafe (chafe)
n.
Chafe
  1. Heat excited by friction.
  2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
  3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

    The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall.
    Camden.













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