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English Dictionary: fretted	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fretted adj having frets Antonym(s): unfretted having a pattern of fretwork or latticework Synonym(s): fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fret \Fret\ (fr[ecr]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[84]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. 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. With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d {Fret}.] 1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed. 2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th {Fret}.] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. 2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.