Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frayed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frayed} (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fraying}.] [See 1st {Fray}, and cf. {Affray}.]
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
--Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frayed
adj : worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"
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