Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..

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Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
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..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..
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