Definition of fret

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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..

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Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
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..
Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
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..
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