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Fray   /freɪ/   Listen
noun
fray  n.  An angry quarrel; an affray; contest; combat; broil. "Who began this bloody fray?"



Fray  n.  A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.



verb
Fray  v. t.  (past & past part. frayed; pres. part. fraying)  To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. "What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?"



Fray  v. t.  To bear the expense of; to defray. (Obs.) "The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied."



Fray  v. t.  To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.



Fray  v. i.  
1.
To rub. "We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed."
2.
To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. "A suit of frayed magnificience."






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"Fray" Quotes from Famous Books



... "He's got a knife!" Then, seeing that the two were disposed to join the fray, he made another rush at Jurgis, and knocked aside his feeble defense and sent him tumbling again; and the three flung themselves upon him, rolling and kicking about ...
— The Jungle • Upton Sinclair

... will be sure please, that you make no mistake should we chance to meet again." And immediately the new arrival would produce the modern weapon of the Christian warfare, needle, thread and thimble; and—hurrying to the side of some valiant comrade of her own set—join bravely in the fray. ...
— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright

... this giant held in durance vile a number of knights—"threescore and four" in all; a damsel conducts him to the giant's castle-gate, "near Manchester, fair town," where a copper basin hung to do duty as a bell; he strikes it so hard as to break it, when out comes the giant ready for the fray; a terrific combat ensues, and the giant, finding that he has met his match, offers to release the captives, provided his adversary is not a certain knight that slew his brother. Unfortunately, it happens that Sir Launcelot is the very same, and the combat ...
— England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel • Joel Cook

... those cards? What game was he playing? Who held the stakes? And how did the players stand on either side? Lupin could not tell. Knowing nothing, he flung himself headlong into the thick of the fray, between adversaries desperately involved, though he himself was in total ignorance of their positions, their weapons, their resources and their secret plans. For, when all was said, he could not admit that the object of all those efforts was to obtain possession ...
— The Crystal Stopper • Maurice LeBlanc

... respect, and not without dread. The helpless body of their stoutest warrior was still stretched on the platform, and, as they cast their eyes towards the lake, in quest of the comrade that had been hurled into it so unceremoniously, and of whom they had lost sight in the confusion of the fray, they perceived his lifeless form clinging to the grass on the bottom, as already described. These several circumstances contributed to render the victory of the Hurons almost as astounding ...
— The Deerslayer • James Fenimore Cooper


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