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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Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
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.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..
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..
Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.
Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
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