Chafe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.]
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. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Her intercession chafed him. --Shak.
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.
chafed
adj : painful from having the skin abraded [syn: galled]