FPage 315
- English Word Fret Definition To devour.
- English Word Fret Definition 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.
- English Word Fret Definition To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
- English Word Fret Definition To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
- English Word Fret Definition To tease; to irritate; to vex.
- English Word Fret Definition To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
- English Word Fret Definition To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
- English Word Fret Definition To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
- English Word Fret Definition To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
- English Word Fret Definition The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- English Word Fret Definition Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.
- English Word Fret Definition Herpes; tetter.
- English Word Fret Definition 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.
- English Word Fret Definition To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
- English Word Fret Definition Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
- English Word Fret Definition An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.
- English Word Fret Definition The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
- English Word Fret Definition A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- English Word Fret Definition 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.
- English Word Fret Definition To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.