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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Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
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..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia..
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
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