affray

1. v. t. To startle from quiet; to alarm. Source: opted

2. v. t. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. Source: opted

3. v. t. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. Source: opted

4. v. t. Alarm; terror; fright. Source: opted

5. v. t. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. Source: opted

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

7. n. noisy quarrel Source: wordnet

8. n. a noisy fight Source: wordnet

9. 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer. 2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. That voice doth us affray. Shak. 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. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. Syn. -- Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. Source: webster

10. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to theterror of others. Blackstone. Source: adambom

11. n. noisy quarrel n. a noisy fight Source: ecdict

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