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Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..

Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..

Viol :: Viol (n.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..

Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

Irritate :: Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage..

Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..

Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

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