Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

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Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
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..
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..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
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