CPage 186
- English Word Chafe Definition To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- English Word Chafe Definition To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- English Word Chafe Definition To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
- English Word Chafe Definition To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- English Word Chafe Definition To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
- English Word Chafe Definition To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- English Word Chafe Definition Heat excited by friction.
- English Word Chafe Definition Injury or wear caused by friction.
- English Word Chafe Definition Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- English Word Chafed Definition of Chafe
- English Word Chafer Definition One who chafes.
- English Word Chafer Definition A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
- English Word Chafer Definition A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
- English Word Chafery Definition An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
- English Word Chafewax Definition Alt. of Chaffwax
- English Word Chafeweed Definition The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
- English Word Chaff Definition The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
- English Word Chaff Definition Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
- English Word Chaff Definition Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
- English Word Chaff Definition Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.