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Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

Pock-fretten :: Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) 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..

Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..

Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.

Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..

Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..

Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.

Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

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