Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chafe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chafe \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed}
(ch[=a]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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chafe \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chafe
n 1: soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty
chafe on his knee"
2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: {annoyance},
{vexation}]
v 1: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: {gall}, {fret}]
2: feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her
suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a
vacation"
3: cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations:
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It
irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at},
{irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {devil}]
4: make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
5: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: {rub}, {fray},
{fret}, {scratch}]
6: warm by rubbing, as with the hands
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