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• Fret

  [fret] /frɛt/ verb (used without object), fretted, fretting. 1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn’t going to help. 2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals. 3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river […]

• Fretboard

  [fret-bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈfrɛtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/ noun 1. a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar. /ˈfrɛtbɔːd/ noun 1. a fingerboard with frets on a stringed musical instrument

• Fretful

  [fret-fuh l] /ˈfrɛt fəl/ adjective 1. disposed or quick to ; irritable or peevish. /ˈfrɛtfʊl/ adjective 1. peevish, irritable, or upset adj. 1590s, from fret (v.) + -ful. Related: Fretfully.

• Fretless

  [fret] /frɛt/ noun 1. an interlaced, angular design; . 2. an angular design of bands within a border. 3. Heraldry. a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle. 4. a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the […]

• Fret-saw

  noun 1. a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare . noun 1. a fine-toothed saw with a long thin narrow blade, used for cutting designs in thin wood or metal

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