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frayed
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Frayed
(gcide) | Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
vb. n. Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
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What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
--Spenser.
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frayed
(wn) | frayed
adj 1: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs" |
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Affrayed
(gcide) | Affray \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. Affrayed.] [OE. afraien,
affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to
disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace
(akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]
[Archaic]
1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
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Smale foules a great heap
That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
--Chaucer.
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2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
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That voice doth us affray. --Shak.
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Defrayed
(gcide) | Defray \De*fray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrayed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Defraying.] [F. d['e]frayer; pref. d['e]- (L. de or
dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine
by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or
more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace,
fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See Affray.]
1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide
for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
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For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his
cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much.
--Usher.
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2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to
defray wrath. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Frayed
(gcide) | Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
vb. n. Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
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What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
--Spenser.
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