Definition of chafe

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

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Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.
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..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan..
Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.
Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..
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..
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..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..
Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
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