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Webster 1913 Edition

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The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.

Chafing dish

a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals.

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Chafing gear

(Naut.)

any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.

ppr.

Heating or fretting by friction.

chafing

chafing ‎(plural chafings)

The act by which something is chafed.
- 1853, The Popular Educator: Volume 3 (page 325)
  The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.

the rubbing together of objects