Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed}
   (ch[=a]ft); p pr. & vb. n. {Chafing}.] [OE. chaufen to warm,
   OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to
   make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See
   {Caldron}.]
   1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to
      stimulate and make warm.

            To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

            Her intercession chafed him.          --Shak.

   3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

            Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to
            prevent its being chafed.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Source : WordNet®

chafed
     adj : painful from having the skin abraded [syn: {galled}]