chafeth

Verb

chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)

1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
   • to chafe a cable
4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
   • the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
   • A cable chafes.
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
   • He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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