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Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..

Galling :: Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.

Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

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..

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

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..

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