AFFRAY

AFFRA'Y, AFFRA'YMENT, noun 1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray 2. In popular language, fray is used to express any fighting of two or more persons; buy the word is now deemed inelegant.3. Tumult; disturbance.

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affray. Affray, v.t. to affright, ob.

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Af‐fray″ (�), v. t. [p. p. Affrayed.] [[OE. afraien, affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace (akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]] 1. 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed me out of my sleep. Chaucer. 2. 2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
That voice doth us affray. Shak.