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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Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
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..
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..
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill 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..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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..
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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