Chafe
Chafe (chāf) , transitive verb
[Old English chaufen to warm, Old French chaufer, French chauffer, from Latin 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.
2.
To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him.
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.
Chafe , intransitive verb
To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Made its great boughs chafe together.
The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores.
2.
To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
3.
To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. — Spenser
He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
Chafe , noun
1.
Heat excited by friction.
2.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
3.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall.