Chafe /(chāf)/

Chafe

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Chafed; p pr. & vb. n. Chafing

  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.
  2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
    Her intercession chafed him.
  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.

Chafe

v. i.
  1. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
    Made its great boughs chafe together.
    The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores.
  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.
    He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.

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.