fretted

Adjective
Synonyms: interlacedlatticedlatticelike

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. having frets
  2. having a pattern of fretwork or latticeworkSynonyms: interlacedlatticedlatticelike
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [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, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See For, and Eat, v. t.]

1.To devour. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The sow frete the child right in the cradle.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

With many a curve my banks I fret.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.To impair; to wear away; to diminish. [1913 Webster]

By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. [1913 Webster]

5.To tease; to irritate; to vex. [1913 Webster]

Fret not thyself because of evil doers.— Ps. xxxvii. 1.[1913 Webster]
Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.] [1913 Webster]

1.Rubbed or worn away; chafed. [1913 Webster]

2.Agitated; vexed; worried. [1913 Webster]

Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th Fret.]

1.Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. [1913 Webster]

2.(Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries. [1913 Webster]

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