Definition of fray

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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..

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Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Affrayer :: Affrayer (n.) One engaged in an affray.
Affrayment :: Affrayment (n.) Affray.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..
Defrayal :: Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs..
Defrayer :: Defrayer (n.) One who pays off expenses.
Orfrays :: Orfrays (n.) See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Pelfray :: Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfr.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To rub.
Borne :: Borne (p. p.) Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t..
Effray :: Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.
Affrayed :: Affrayed (p. p.) of Affra.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others..
Fraying :: Fraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fra.
Defrayed :: Defrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Defra.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to defray.
Stramazoun :: Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
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