Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.

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Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
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 agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
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..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
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