chafe

Etymology

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”). See caldron.

noun

1. Heat excited by friction.
2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
4. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
   When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust. 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures Of A Revolutionary Soldier

verb

1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
   to chafe a cable
4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
   A cable chafes.
6. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
   Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy[…] 1996, Jim Schiller, Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58