Definition of Chafed

1. Adjective. Painful from having the skin abraded.

Exact synonyms: Galled
Similar to: Painful

Definition of Chafed

1. Verb. (past of chafe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chafed

1. chafe [v] - See also: chafe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafed

chaetal
chaetiferous
chaetocin
chaetodon
chaetognath
chaetognathan
chaetognathous
chaetognaths
chaetomium
chaetophorous
chaetopod
chaetopods
chaetotaxies
chaetotaxy
chafe
chafed (current term)
chafer
chaferies
chafers
chafery
chafes
chafeweed
chaff
chaffed
chaffer
chaffered
chafferer
chafferers
chafferies
chaffering

Literary usage of Chafed

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

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Then, to his horses turning, cried, and said : 540 " Be ye not stay'd, nor chafed overmuch. Their feet and limbs shall fail them sooner far Than yours ..."

2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians: Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1774)
"... was adorned with chafed . rk, and the rim, together with the two handles and the bife, ... chafed ..."

3. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... —Apparition to the Maid of Kent—Wolsey chafed by Henry—The Earl of Wiltshire at Wolsey's—Private Conference between Catherine and the two Legates. ..."

4. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1769)
"... who being taught to rely for the pardon of their fins on the Indulgences which they pur- chafed, did not think it incumbent on them either to abound in ..."

5. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"But other-wife it is, if he does not fay that the -writ -was pur,, chafed before this writ. 43 Aff. 46. ] 15. If л juror has a fuit at la-w depending ..."

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