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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Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
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..
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
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..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
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