Definition of fret

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

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Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
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..
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
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