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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..

Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..

Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.

Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

Fret :: 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..

Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.

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

Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

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.

Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..

Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

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