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Chafe :: Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.

Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

Froterer :: Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..

Chafed :: Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaf.

Chafeweed :: Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing..

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..

Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan..

Enchafe :: Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

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