frett

n. [ See 2d Fret. ] (Mining) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. [ From 2d Fret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

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 ]

a. [ The old p. p. of fret to rub. ] Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, frets. [ 1913 Webster ]