Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..

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Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
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..
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
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..
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.
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