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DESIRING |
Chafing |
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ABRADING |
Chafing |
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BOLSTER |
Anything used to prevent chafing. |
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CHAFEWEED |
The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure
chafing. |
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ROMBOWLINE |
Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except
in chafing gear. |
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PUDDENING |
A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between
spars, or the like. |
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PANEL |
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. |
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ROACH |
A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent
chafing, or to secure a better fit. |
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ROUNDING |
Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round
a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service. |
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INTERTRIGO |
A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an
abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or
neglected children. |
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THIMBLE |
A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference
so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from
chafing. |
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SERVE |
To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or
cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See
under Serving. |
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FRESHEN |
To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where
friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent
chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. |
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CALEFACTORY |
A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a
chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to
warm his hands with. |
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IMPATIENCE |
... of
pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for
something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness;
pas... |
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BATTEN |
...rpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing.
(c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack,
etc. ... |