Then the bo'sun bade us haul in the rest of the rope, until we should come to the packet, and, in the meantime, he examined the line to see whether it had suffered harm through the mandibles of the crab; yet, beyond a little chafe, it was quite sound.

And so they lived for a few days, the Boy chafing and wanting to move on, the Colonel very earnest to have him stay.

take in bad part, take ill; fret, chafe, make a piece of work

The murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebble chafes, Cannot be heard so high.

Hence the incessant chafing and irritation which daily made Angelina feel more keenly her isolated position, and caused her to turn with increasing longing to the North, where her beloved sister and many dear friends were in sympathy with her.

But cordial words no balm could bring; She sighed, and kept her inward chafe, And seemed to hate the voice of glee Joyless and tearless.

The call to action, the possibility of thus being of service to Dorothy, seemed instantly to awaken all my dormant energies; the painful chafing of my wounds was forgotten, while new strength returned miraculously to my bruised body.

This means considerable chafing, and possible injury to the thread.

The murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebble chafes, Cannot be heard so high.