LekhoriLekhoriHeat excited by friction.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). ...
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to chafe a cable