FRAY
NOUNS
1560 — SPURN a fray, an encounter → obs.
1579 — BUSTLE a fray, conflict, struggle, or scuffle; the commotion caused by this → obs.
1887 — PLISKY a fray, a scrimmage
1911 — BRATTLE a noisy fray (Bk.)
VERBS
1440 — FASEL to fray, to ravel → obs.
1808 — TASH to fray, to batter, to dishevel, to knock about, to treat roughly or carelessly so as to spoil
1896 — VAZ OUT to fray
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