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Fray
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.] The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 6 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To rub. We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott.
2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.