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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: chafed adj : painful from having the skin abraded [syn: {galled}]
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