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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Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Cross :: Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia..
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
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