Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

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Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
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..
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Worry :: Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry..
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
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..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
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..
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
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