Verb (used with object) : He chafed his shoes on the rocks. ,Her collar chafed her neck. ,The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves. ,to chafe cold hands.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : His neck began to chafe from the starched collar. ,The horse chafed against his stall. ,He chafed at their constant interruptions.    From Dictionary.com. 

This chafing is bound to act and react, producing divers evils and leading to various misfortunes.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a Far Country] Reference

My neck muscles have only grown a bit sore from blowing my nose and the chafing from the rough toilet paper is already starting to heal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empty Head « Colleen Anderson] Reference

She had some kind of chafing dish and she did some sort of asparagus and fondu.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roosevelt Women] Reference

The kids - or have that, like, kind of chafing at the end of the day or the weekend.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006] Reference

The chafing is endless; the rivalries intense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reason on Eggheads] Reference

And you other girls take turns in chafing her hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference

He turned to Sanders, who was still chafing his ankle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

From chafing to stamina, I desperately need your advice.    From Wordnik.com.  [London-Amsterdam by bike ? do I need Dutch courage or careful planning?] Reference

I hike a lot in the summer and often suffer from chafing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: How to rub out chafing] Reference

I wore a sock under the bracelet to keep it from chafing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subj: re: doing time ...] Reference

She was roused by him chafing her hands, and his importunate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference

"That and a chafing dish and a camp fire," answered Maggie Hook.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference

American homes -- a chafing and a worry which is scarcely found in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Education of American Girls] Reference

Sidonie is seated at table before the chafing-dish, already filled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

A huge chafing-dish, covered on account of the rain, was at his feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

It is not often recognized that the cause of much chafing and worry in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Education of American Girls] Reference

And so we're sitting there chafing at the bit, trying to get into the mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [By Hiring Gulf Scientists, BP May Be Buying Silence] Reference

The chafing hurt, and Luther fought off the hands that rubbed so tenderly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference

Ruth asked as she poured the cocoa from the chafing dish on the tea-table.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference

And the first signs of chafing made themselves apparent beneath their armor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference

You can have chafing dish parties -- is that what you call them? and he laughed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference

Melt 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in the chafing dish, add the lobster and serve hot.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year] Reference

He was extremely cordial to me, and knowing that I was chafing under the censures of the War.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

Then she saw her husband at her feet, quietly chafing her hands in his own hard, warm palms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

Henceforth they must be content with an earthen chafing-dish, upon which they cook their meals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

He led her in, half carrying her; placed her in a chair; knelt before her, chafing her hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

To a degree, the last-minute heat reflected the cabin fever of reporters chafing at the confines of Little Rock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warm-Up Lessons] Reference

BEHIND ENEMY LINESThe Green Berets, the Army's elite commando units, had been chafing for action since September.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Warriors] Reference

A habit of courtesy is like a delicate wrapping, preventing one personality from rubbing and chafing against another.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference

The policeman half started up, and in his indignation almost crushed one of the little hands that he had been chafing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

I wasn't smart enough to be an engineer and would have been a lousy lawyer, chafing at representing other people's beliefs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy's Demolition Derby] Reference

Of course we all knew that he was chafing under the slights of his anomalous position, and I determined to see him on my way back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

"At your service," said Hippy, with a flourish of the chafing dish that almost resulted in sending its contents to the floor, and elicited.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference