fray (2)

[FRAY (2), v.] A fret or chafe in cloth; a sore place caused by rubbing. "Dispo est of either fray or fret." Herrick: Hesperides, p. 86. *frāy (1), *fraie, *fra ye, v. t. & i. [A shortened form of affray , v. (q. v.)] A. Transitive : 1. To frighten; to terrify; to make afraid. 2. To drive or frighten away. 3. To fight against; to attack. B. In trans.: To fight, to contend. frāy (2). v. t. [O. Fr. frayer, froier, frier, from Lat. frico =to rub.] *1. To rub; as, A deer was said to fray its head when it rubbed it against a tree, to renew it. "We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed ." IMG:content-0115.png:[blocks in formation] *frāy (3), v. t. [A shortened form of defray (q. v.).] To bear the expense of; to defray. *frāy-bug, v. t. [Eng. fray (1), v., and bug (q. v.).] To frighten with hobgoblins or scares. *frāy'-ing (1), pr . par ., a . & 8. [FRAY (1), v .] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: A disturbance; a fray. *fray-ing (2), pr . par ., a . & 8. [FRAY (2), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of rubbing or wearing away by friction. 2. The peel or parts rubbed off a deer's horns. frayne *frayne, v . t . [FRAINE.] *fray-or, s. [Fr. frayeur .] That which causes terror. "A fyre burst out in Mr. John Buchan's closet-window. It continued whill eleven o'clock of the day with the greatest fray or and vehemency that ever I saw fyre do."Culloden Papers , p. 27. frāz-er-ą, s. [FRASER A.] *frē, a . [FREE, a .] freak, s . [A. S. frec =bold, rash; cogn. with Icel. frehr=greedy, voracious; Sw. fräck = impudent; Dan. fræk audacious; Ger. frech =saucy.] A sudden wanton whim or caprice: a fancy, a humor, a vagary; a monstrosity; as a freak in a museum. "For many of their actions and opinions were very wild freaks of fancy and humor."- Glanvill : E ay 2. Crabb thus discriminates between freak and whim: "A freak has more of childishne and humor than boldne in it: a whim has more of eccentricity than childishne in it. Fancy and fortune are both said to have their freaks , as they both deviate most widely in their movements from all rule: but whims are at most but singular deviations of the mind from its ordinary and even course." (Crabb: Eng . Synon.) freak, v. t. [From the same root as freckle (q. v.).] To variegate; to streak. freak-ish, a. [Eng. freak; -ish.] Addicted to freaks; capricious, whimsical, fanciful, humorsome, grotesque. freak-ish-ly, adv. [Eng. freakish; -ly.] In a freakish or capricious manner; capriciously.