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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Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
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..
Worry :: Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry..
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
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