Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..

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Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
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..
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
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