What does "affray" mean?
Affray: To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. That voice doth us affray. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.]
- 3.Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 4.A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. "In the very midst of the affray." Motley.
- 5.(Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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