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Frett [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With miners, the worn side of the bank of a river.

Frett [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.

2. A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.

Fretted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Eaten; corroded; rubbed or worn away; agitated; vexed; made rough on the surface; variegated; ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets.

Fretted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fretted [Past participle and adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

3. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.

4. Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.

Fretten [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.

Fretter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That which frets.

Fretter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, frets.

Fretting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Agitation; commotion.

Fretting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Corroding; wearing away; agitating; vexing; making rough on the surface; variegating.

Fretting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fretty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Adorned with fretwork.

Fretty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Adorned with fretwork.