Definition of Frays

1. Noun. (plural of fray) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of fray) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frays

1. fray [v] - See also: fray

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frays

frauleins
fraunhofer lines
fraus
frautage
frautages
fraxin
fraxinella
fraxinellas
fraxinus
fray
frayed
fraying
frayings
fraynen
frayproof
frays (current term)
frazil
frazils
frazzle
frazzled
frazzledness
frazzles
frazzling
freak accident
freak accidents
freak flag
freak of nature
freak out

Literary usage of Frays

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

1. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"Orders and injunctions for preventing frays and fightings in London. Constables to carry staves. The queen.s daily learned ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"And ai a falcon frays CADDIS. A kind of ferret, or worsted lace. They come to him by the gross; inities, ..."

3. Oxford and Her Colleges: A View from the Radcliffe Library by Goldwin Smith (1893)
"... the questionable privilege of sending two members to the House of Commons, whereby it became entangled in political as well as in theological frays. ..."

4. A Consideration of the Sermon on the Mount by Daniel Harvey Hill (1858)
"Feuds and frays, wars and rumours of wars would come to an end. Peace and good-will toward God and man would cover the whole earth, as the waters cover the ..."

5. A History of the Hyderabad Contingent by Reginald George Burton (1905)
"... of the Governor- General—Reorganisation in 1853—frays and forays, 1854 to 1856—Retrospect. As we have seen from the narrative of the operations of the ..."

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