Definition of fret

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

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Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
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..
Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to 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..
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
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..
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
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