affray

[af·fray]

A noisy fight

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To startle from quiet; to alarm.

Noun
a noisy fight

Noun
noisy quarrel

v. t.
To startle from quiet; to alarm.

v. t.
To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

v. t.
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.

v. t.
Alarm; terror; fright.

v. t.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.

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

Affray

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.

2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

That voice doth us affray.

Affray

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. &hand; A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. Syn. -- Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance.

To startle from quiet; to alarm.

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

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