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Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.

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

Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) One who chafes.

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

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

Chafery :: Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars..

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..

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.

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan..

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

Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..

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