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Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

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

Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.

Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..

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..

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..

Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.

Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.

Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..

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

Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..

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..

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..

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