Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

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Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
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.
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Petulant :: Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
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