Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

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Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
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..
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
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..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
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