Chætops (ketops)

[NL. (Swains on, 1837), F. chauffer , warm, Pr. calfar , calefa cere , make warm, calere , be warm, + facere , make. Cf. calefacient , calefy , and see chaff 2.] I. trans. 11. To heat; make warm. That the flam me upbende The celles for to chere and chaufe olofte. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 40. 2. To excite heat in or make warm by friction; stimulate to warmth by rubbing, as with the hands: as, to chafe the limbs. At last, recovering hart, he does begin To rubb her temples, and to chaufe her chin. chaff She too is strong, and might not chafe in vain Against them. Bryant , The Ages, st. 34. chafe (chaf), n. [ chafe , v.] 1. Heat excited by friction. [Rare.] -2. An irritated mental condition arising from continued provocation or annoyance; heated impatience or anger, especially under restraint or a sense of injury; a fretful tendency or state; vexation. But she, in chafe , him from her lap did shove. Sir P. Sidney , in Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 511. Stalking with le unconscionable strides, And lower looks, but in a sultry chafe . Milton, S. A., 1. 1246.