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noun
Affray  n.  
1.
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. (Obs.)
2.
Alarm; terror; fright. (Obs.)
3.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. "In the very midst of the affray."
4.
(Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray.
Synonyms: Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance.


verb
Affray  v. t.  (past part. affrayed)  (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."





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"Affray" Quotes from Famous Books



... displeasing to his audiences. A story goes that once "a general fight" broke out among his hearers, and one of his friends was getting roughly handled, whereupon Lincoln, descending from the rostrum, took a hand in the affray, tossed one of the assailants "ten or twelve feet easily," and then continued his harangue. Yet not even thus could he win, and another was chosen over his head. He had, however, more reason to be gratified than disappointed with ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse
... together the beard and moustache. It is on record that in the February of 1580 he was in trouble for a brawl with Sir Thomas Perrot, who afterwards married the sister of Lord Essex, Lady Dorothy Devereux. Ralegh and Perrot were committed by the Council to the Fleet for six days. The affray is not creditable; but it indicates that ...
— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing
... brother. The court-yard was, of course, immediately filled with shouts and exclamations of alarm, and every body pressed forward toward the room from which the water had been thrown, some to witness, and some to prevent the affray. ...
— William the Conqueror - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... powerful description of the present dreadful state of the country. He told the jury that it was in his power to prove to them that the prisoner was one of an illegal society who had often threatened Ussher, and that he had but a day or two previous to the affray met a sworn portion of his own tenants for the purpose of planning the murder. He went on to tell the jury that they were not to allow themselves to be deceived by the idea that the murder could not ...
— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope
... the sight of them all, to a place where they dared not follow. Of course many taunts were flung at the fooled spies, and disappointed patriots; and at length the angry discussions brought on a shooting affray between some of the "Rifles," and a part of the troops and Home-guards. The regiment stationed at the fair grounds, was brought into town to quell this affair, and two pieces of artillery were planted to sweep the principal streets—and from that ...
— History of Morgan's Cavalry • Basil W. Duke


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