Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..

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Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
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