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Definition of Chafes
1. chafe [v] - See also: chafe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafes
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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