To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin; also, to fret and wear by rubbing, as to chafe a cable.

To act violently upon, by rubbing; to fret against, as waves against a shore. The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores.

To be fretted and worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

Heat, excited by friction.

Violent agitation of the mind or passions; heat; fret; passion.