7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fray \Fray\, v. i.
1. To rub.
We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak
his antlers frayed. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by
rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof
wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel;
as the cloth frays badly.
A suit of frayed magnificience. --tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fray \Fray\, n.
A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fray \Fray\ (fr[=a]), n. [Abbreviated from affray.]
Affray; broil; contest; combat.
Who began this bloody fray? --Shak.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fray \Fray\, v. t. [Cf. OF fraier. See {Defray}, v. t.]
To bear the expense of to defray. [Obs.]
The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients
frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
--Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fray \Fray\, v. t. [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L.
fricare cf friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr
chri`ein to anoint, chri^sma an anointing, Skr. gh[.r]sh to
rub, scratch. Cf {Friction}.]
To rub; to wear off or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to
fret, as cloth; as a deer is said to fray her head.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fray
n : a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {ruffle}]
v 1: wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" [syn:
{frazzle}]
2: cause friction [syn: {rub}, {fret}, {chafe}, {scratch}]
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