verb

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  "S. Paul alſo defineth the law to be the knowlege of ſyn, yͭ is, which accuſeth, frayeth the cõſcience, & maketh ſynnes knowen."
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  "[T]his ſame Ladie Dryopee, the fayreſt Ladye tho / In all the land of Oechalye. Whom beeing then no mayd / (For why the God of Delos and of Delphos had her frayd) / Andræmon taketh too hys wyfe, and thinkes him well apayd."

noun

• (intransitive)
  "The laces frayed at the cut end."

verb

• (transitive)
  "VVhy Dame (quoth he) vvhat hath ye thus diſmayd? / VVhat frayes ye, that vvere vvont to comfort me affrayd?"
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  "VVhat, are the turtles fraid out of their neaſts?"
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  "And this is it, that frayeth men from Chriſt, becauſe they are loath to vunder go his burthen and yoke, to caſt of the world, & leuing thẽſeluen behind thẽ to follow Chriſt."

noun

• (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
  "Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray."
• (countable, figuratively) A heated argument; a war of words.
• (uncountable) Conflict, disagreement.
  "It is the chafing of the lion, and the stirring of the viper, that aggravates the danger; the first blow makes the wrong, but the second makes the fray; and they that will endure no kind of abuse in state or church, are many times more dangerous than that abuse which they oppose."
• (obsolete)