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Chafe (ch&ā;f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (ch&ā;ft); 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.
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To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.
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2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
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Her intercession chafed him. Shak.
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3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
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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.
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Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow.
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The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak.
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2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
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3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser.
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He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak.
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Chafe, n. 1. Heat excited by friction.
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2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
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3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
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The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.
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