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Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

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Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..

Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.

Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

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

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

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..

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..

Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.

Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.

Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..

Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..

Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..