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Webster 1913 Edition
Chafe
Chafe
(chāf)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chafed
(chāft)
; p pr. & vb. n.
Chafing
.] [OE.
chaufen
to warm, OF. chaufer
, F. chauffer
, fr. L. calefacere
, calfacere
, to make warm; calere
to be warm + facere
to make. See Caldron
.] 1.
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
To rub her temples, and to
chafe
her skin. Spenser.
2.
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession
chafed
him. Shakespeare
3.
To fret and wear by rubbing;
as, to
. chafe
a cable
Syn. – To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
Chafe
,Verb.
I.
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Made its great boughs
chafe
together. Longfellow.
The troubled Tiber
chafing
with her shores. Shakespeare
2.
To be worn by rubbing;
as, a cable
. chafes
3.
To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Spenser.
He will
chafe
at the doctor’s marrying my daughter. Shakespeare
Chafe
,Noun.
1.
Heat excited by friction.
2.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
3.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
The cardinal in a
chafe
sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chafe
CHAFE
, v.t.1.
To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin; also, to fret and wear by rubbing, as to chafe a cable.2.
To act violently upon, by rubbing; to fret against, as waves against a shore.The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores.
3.
To be fretted and worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.CHAFE
,Noun.
1.
Heat, excited by friction.2.
Violent agitation of the mind or passions; heat; fret; passion.