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harry
English
Etymology
From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hæ?i/
- Rhymes: -æ?i
Verb
harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)
- To plunder, pillage, assault.
- To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
- But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
- Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
- Then look for me by moonlight,
- Watch for me by moonlight,
- I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- to harry this beautiful region
- 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
- To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
Derived terms
- harrier
Translations
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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chafe
English
Etymology
From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /t?e?f/
- Rhymes: -e?f
Noun
chafe (uncountable)
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.5:
- Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.5:
- (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:argument
- 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures Of A Revolutionary Soldier
- When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.
Derived terms
- chafen
Translations
Verb
chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- made its great boughs chafe together
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- 1996, Jim Schiller, Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58:
- Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy […]
- 1996, Jim Schiller, Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58:
Translations
References
- chafe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- chafe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Verb
chafe
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chafar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chafar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chafar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chafar.
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