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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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Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.

Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.

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..

Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.

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..

Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..

Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..

Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

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..

Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

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

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.

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

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

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