Definition of fret

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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..

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Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
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..
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
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