chafe n Cp OED ~ sb 1 arch (1551-1825). A prolonged, wearisome experience; vexation (1924 ENGLAND 314).
   Q 71-8 We left Oporto on the 25th of January, ran into a big norwester and then got jammed in the ice for fifty odd days. We got into Louisborg by and by but I tell you, 'twas a long chafe.

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