Chafe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (?); 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 ecxite 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.
Shak.
3.
To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
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Chafe, v. 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.
Shak.
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.
Shak.
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Chafe, n.
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.
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