Definition of chafe

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Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.
Chafed :: Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan..
Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..
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..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
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..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
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