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Chafe: Definition and part of speech

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Chafe

  1. n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
  2. v. t. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
  3. v. t. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  4. v. t. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
  5. v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
  6. v. i. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
  7. v. i. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
  8. n. Heat excited by friction.
  9. n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chafer: Definition and part of speech

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Chafer

  1. n. A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
  2. n. One who chafes.
  3. n. A vessel for heating water; — hence, a dish or pan.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chafery: Definition and part of speech

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Chafery

  1. v. t. An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaff: Definition and part of speech

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Chaff

  1. n. The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
  2. n. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
  3. n. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
  4. n. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  5. n. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.