Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chafed"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

chafed
adj : painful from having the skin abraded [syn: {galled}]

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