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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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Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.

Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.

Keckle :: Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice..

Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.

Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..

Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.

Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..

Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.

Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

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..

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..

Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.

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.