Definition of fret

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

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Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
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..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
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