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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Fretty :: Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
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