chafingn.
/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/ The action of chafe v., in its various senses.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun]
frotting?c1225
chafinga1398
rubbinga1398
confricationc1400
frettingc1400
attrition1601
fricacing1607
perfrication1607
triture1607
affrication1615
affriction1615
confriction1617
rub1618
frication1631
intertrigation1651
perfriction1656
friction1718
interfrication1747
adhesion1825
chafe1848
interfriction1854
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > becoming hot or warm
chafinga1398
heating1593
incalescence1646
incalescency1658
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > giving way to or exhibiting
fuminga1535
chafing?1578
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding
chidingc893
flitingc1200
scolding1486
rating1556
schooling1557
chafing?1578
railwifery1695
ragging1788
mobbing1803
fratching1805
row1830
tongue-lashing1881
rough tonguing1916
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun]
heating1398
fomenting?a1425
warmingc1440
calefaction1547
chafing1580
riscaldation1599
excalfaction1607
fomentation1657
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] > to restore warmth or sensation
chafing1656
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating
tarring1382
taryinga1400
provocationc1485
provokement1645
irritation1703
aggravation1792
chafing1845
needling1941
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. liv. 946 It [sc. Elitropium] helpeþ moche aȝeins chaufynge and stoppynge of þe lyuere.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 68 Chafynge, confricacio.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 100/3 Wythout felyng of ony hete or chauffyng.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 195v Vncessant rubbynge and chafynge.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 97 There is no harm if they play..without swearing, chafing, or couetousnesse.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 22 With spitefull obrayds and vncharitabl chaffyngs alweyz they freat.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Eschauffement, chafing, warming, heating.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D3 He keepes such a chafing with my mistris about it.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xxix. 62 k There was more clamour, brawling and chafing than any hurt done.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 265 Until the part be first heated by Chafing.
1826 E. Irving Babylon I. ii. 151 The chaffing of its [the sea's] rocky and pebbled bed.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. x. 314 The chafings of party strife.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xvi. 142 The chafing of the sheets, the rattling of the blocks, and the whistling of the gale in the shrouds.
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chafing-cheeks n. Nautical (plural) ‘a name given by old sailors to the sheaves instead of blocks on the yards in light-rigged vessels’.
chafing-gear n. Nautical ‘the stuff put upon the rigging and spars to prevent their being chafed’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [noun] > stuff to prevent chafing
paunch1622
chafing-gear1840
sword-mat1851
paunch-matc1860
sword-matting1882
chafing-mat1883
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 5 Wherever any of the..ropes..are chafing or wearing upon it, there ‘chafing gear’, as it is called, must be put on.
1882 Daily Tel. 12 Sept. 2/1 Dead-eyes to turn in, chafing gear to look after, reef-knots to point.
chafing-mat n. (see quot.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [noun] > stuff to prevent chafing
paunch1622
chafing-gear1840
sword-mat1851
paunch-matc1860
sword-matting1882
chafing-mat1883
1883 Cent. Mag. Oct. 941/1 Putting on chafing-mats to protect those parts of the rigging most exposed to wear.
chafing-pan n. = chafing-dish n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > portable receptacle for burning fuel
fire paneOE
heartheOE
fire vessela1382
chafer1395
chimneyc1420
chafing-dish1483
coal pan1530
fire chauffer1558
brazeraine1623
brasero1652
brazier1690
firecage1770
fire-holder1789
fire basket1798
mangal1814
komfoor1841
rodney1848
Jack1849
chip pan1854
reredos1859
hibachi1863
scaldino1866
chafing-pan1867
salamander1873
1867 Chambers's Jrnl. 30 Nov. 767/2 An improved chafing-pan..which instead of fuel, has a small lamp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
chafingadj.
That chafes; in various senses of the verb.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective]
annoyedc1330
crabbedc1480
provoked1538
chafing1539
nettledc1576
chafed1582
irritated1595
as mad as Ajax1598
aggravated1611
enchafeda1616
irritate1626
on or upon the fret1679
as mad as a wet hen1823
as mad as a meat axe1855
scotty1867
hacked1892
raggy1900
ratty1909
pipped1914
fucked-off1923
rubbed1927
eggy1935
broigus1937
salty1938
pissed1943
peed off1948
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflaming passion
chafing1539
inflaming1562
incensing1598
enkindling1626
incensive1633
inflammatorya1711
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > raw of flesh > galled or chafed > galling or chafing
chafing1539
galling1647
amyctic1853
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > strong
strongeOE
stiffc1290
sternc1374
wrothc1400
vehement1483
strainable1497
freshc1515
stout1533
bloysterous?1570
ruffing1577
boisterous?1594
lofty1600
chafing1762
blustery1774
smacking1820
snoring1822
spanking1849
gale force1902
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > in agitated manner
roughc1390
popplingc1400
bullering1533
purlinga1586
brawling1730
chafing1865
1539 St. Papers in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1880) III. 433 He is so hawte & chafing that men be afeared to speak to him.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 27v Let hym eate no..chafynge or inflamynge meate.
1762 C. Churchill Ghost iii. 110 Not quite so fast as Terror rides When He the chafing winds bestrides.
1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xxi. 330 The miseries of a blank and chafing mind.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xii. 251 To spill us all into the chafing river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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