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• Chafe — Chafe, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. [1913 Webster] Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be worn by …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English