Crossword clues for chafing
chafing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
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To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him.
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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.
Chafing \Chaf"ing\, n. [See Chafe, v. t.] The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.
Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals.
Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is chafed. vb. (present participle of chafe English)
WordNet
n. soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
Wikipedia
In sailing, chafing is the process of wear on a line or sail caused by constant rubbing against a hard, usually metallic, surface. Various methods are used to prevent chafing. Chafing of lines that rest on a choke on a boat can be prevented by putting a protecting material (sometimes as simple as a piece of old garden hose) around the line. Chafing of a sail rubbing against a cable can be prevented on large ships by tying around the cable.
Chafing can refer to:
- Chafing (nautical), damage to sails or other parts of a boat from rubbing
- Chafing (skin), skin irritation from rubbing or sweat
Chafing refers to the irritation of skin caused by repetitive friction, usually generated through skin to skin contact of multiple body parts. Chafing is usually contracted in the inner thighs and inner glutes; armpits and nipples can also develop chafing although it is less common.
Usage examples of "chafing".
Bruising and chafing in a band approximately four inches wide just below the sternum.
On the inner thighs bruising and chafing, contusions having oozed blood.
The Tibetan assumed an air of indifference, chafing his wrists where the cords had hurt him a bit and obeying without comment when I told him to stand in front of me.
I was minded to hit him to teach him manners, but Chullunder Ghose came to his rescue, having watched with deliberate interest, as he sat with his shoes off, chafing tired feet.
Murdoch would be chafing now at being left behind to watch over young Philippe, just as he had been left behind that fateful night in Valletta.
Violet, who, having dropped onto the sofa, was occupied with ruefully chafing her injured member.
Even without dismounting, I could see the place where two other horses had stood, chafing the dry earth here and there with impatient hooves.
He fretted and fumed, chafing at the tedium, and then, as the long shadows stretched across the yard, subsided into a wretched silence.
Church by splitting it in two, and uniting opportunistic Fluxlords and Anchors chafing at the old system to create an empire that had at its height spanned more than half of World.
Cassie had always wondered how such women bore the weight, and how they kept from chafing in this braless society.
Presently we passengers had debarked, and stood stamping and chafing our hands about the stove in the station-house.
I kept walking north, the firelock chafing at my thigh and poking my hip.
Along the walls, edifices of polished wooden shelves lit by mirror-backed girandoles displayed ornamental silverware, tempting platters heaped with fruits and cakes, covered cheese dishes disguised as little milk churns or cottages, silver chafing dishes with ivory handles, and glowing braziers of pierced brass ready to warm food.
Laure Cristobel, now Laure Pasquale, who woke those chafing sentiments within him.
His trousers were tucked above his knees, and he was chafing his stockingless feet, his legs luxuriously expanded to the two chimney ends.