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

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

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

Chafed :: Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.

Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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