Definition of fret

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

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Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Irritate :: Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage..
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..
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
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 (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
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