chafing
/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/ noun C2- The act by which something is chafed.
Plural chafings
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So, Delia said she must give music lessons to keep the chafing dish bubbling.
You should have seen him run for the chafing dish, Joe, just as if there wasn’t a servant in the house.
He paced restlessly about our sitting-room in a fever of suppressed energy, biting his nails, tapping the furniture, and chafing against inaction.
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