Definition of Chafes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of chafe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chafes

1. chafe [v] - See also: chafe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafes

chaetognathan
chaetognathous
chaetognaths
chaetomium
chaetophorous
chaetopod
chaetopods
chaetotaxies
chaetotaxy
chafe
chafed
chafer
chaferies
chafers
chafery
chafes (current term)
chafeweed
chaff
chaffed
chaffer
chaffered
chafferer
chafferers
chafferies
chaffering
chaffern
chafferns
chaffers
chaffery
chaffier

Literary usage of Chafes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Governor Clinton chafes Under the Congressional Resolutions Relating to the Loss of the Forts vn, the Highlands. Poughkeepsie Sept'r 9th 1778. ..."

2. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... of Simao with the Boy—Robert chafes and foams— He arrests a Shot aimed at the Fugitive—Recommends capturing alive—Abuses the ..."

3. Tammany's Treason: Impeachment of Governor Sulzer; the Complete Story by Jay W. Forrest, James Malcolm (1913)
"... XXIV SULZER chafes UNDER THE BAN OF SILENCE Judge D-Cady Herrick, chief counsel for the governor, found it increasingly difficult during the progress of ..."

4. A Treasury of Minor British Poetry by Collins, John Churton (1896)
"Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. ..."

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