agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions
An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in Oriental art
A bearing composed of bars crossed and interlaced, representing a trellis This was originally borne fretty Usually composed of eight pieces When the joints are nailed it is clouce
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