Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

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Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Keckle :: Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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..
Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
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..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
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