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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Corrosive :: Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
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. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
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