Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music..

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Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
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..
Petulant :: Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Meander :: Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
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