अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Heat excited by friction.

Injury or wear caused by friction.

Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

of Chafe

One who chafes.

A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.

A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

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

Alt. of Chaffwax

The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.