CHAFE

chafe. Chafe, v. to fret, fume, rage, warm, vex, rub

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Chafe (chāf), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (chāft); 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.]] 1. 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. Spenser. 2. 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him. Shak. 3. 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. Sir W. Scott. Syn. — To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.