Definition of fray

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Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..

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Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To rub.
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
Fraying :: Fraying (n.) The skin which a deer frays from his horns.
Pelfray :: Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfr.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Club :: Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense..
Stramazoun :: Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
Defraying :: Defraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defra.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Orfray :: Orfray (n.) The osprey.
Frayed :: Frayed (imp. & p. p.) of Fra.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
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