Definition of fret

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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..

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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..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
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..
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
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..
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
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..
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
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