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Affray
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What's The Definition Of Affray?
[n] a noisy fight
[n] noisy quarrel Synonyms | Synonyms for Affray: altercation | disturbance | fracas | fray | ruffle Related Terms | Find terms related to Affray: See Also | batrachomyomachia | combat | dustup | fight | fighting | quarrel | row | run-in | words | wrangle Affray In Webster's Dictionary \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. {Affrayed}.] [OE. afraien,
affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to
disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace
(akin to E. free). Cf. {Afraid}, {Fray}, {Frith} inclosure.]
[Archaic]
1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed
[affrayed] me out of my sleep. --Chaucer.
2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
That voice doth us affray. --Shak.
\Af*fray"\, n. [OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi, fr. OF. esfreer. See {Affray}, v. t.] 1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.] 2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. ``In the very midst of the affray.'' --Motley. 4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. --Blackstone. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. Syn: Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. |
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