Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..

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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..
Petulant :: Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
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..
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
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