Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..

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Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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..
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..
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..
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
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