Affray: alternatives and connections

To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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of Fight

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An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

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Rough; stern; angry.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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To argue; to debate; to dispute.

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Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.

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Affray; broil; contest; combat.

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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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