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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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..
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
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..
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
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..
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
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