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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\ (fr[amac]), n. [Abbreviated from affray.] Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray? --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frayed} (fr[amac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraying}.] [See 1st {Fray}, and cf. {Affray}.] To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? --Spenser. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\, v. t. [Cf. OF. fraier. See {Defray}, v. t.] 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\, v. t. [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. chri`ein to anoint, chri^sma an anointing, Skr. gh[rsdot]sh to rub, scratch. Cf. {Friction}.] To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\, v. i. 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fray \Fray\, n. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing. | |
