AFFRAY

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To startle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer.

2.
v.

To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. That voice doth us affray. Shak.

3.
n.

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.]

4.
n.

Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] Spenser.

5.
n.

A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. "In the very midst of the affray." Motley.

6.
n.

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone.

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