| Fret (fret) |
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| n. | (fr t) |
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| Fret |
| [Obs.] |
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| Fret (fret) |
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| v. t. | (frt) |
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| Fret |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Fretted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume] AS.
fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to
eat; akin to D. vreten |
To devour.
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.
To impair; to wear away; to
diminish.
To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to
cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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To
be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the
edges.
To eat in; to make way by
corrosion.
To be agitated; to be in violent
commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant
breast.
To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to
be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
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The
agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a
rippling on the surface of water.
Agitation of mind marked by complaint and
impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind
in a continual fret.
Herpes; tetter.
The worn sides
of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by
being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the
locality of the veins.
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To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to
diversify.
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Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
An ornament consisting of
small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right
angles, as in classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
The reticulated headdress or net, made of
gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined
their hair.
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| Fret (fret) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Fret |
| [F. frette a
saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron.
For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.] |
A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
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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To furnish with frets,
as an instrument of music.
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