Fret, v. n. Chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry.

Fret, n.

    1. Agitation, irritation, vexation, fretfulness, fretting, peevishness.
    2. Herpes, tetter, ringworm.
    3. Fretwork, intertwined linear ornament, square raised ornament, key ornament.
    4. Ridge, raised line, whelk, wale.

Fretful, a. Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered.

Fretfulness, n. Peevishness, petulance, touchiness, testiness, snappishness, waspishness, pettishness, spleen, captiousness, irritability, ill-humor, ill-temper.

Friable, a. Crumbling, pulverable, easily crumbled.

Friar-bird, n. Leather-head (Tropidorhyncus corniculatus).

Friar’s-crown, n. Friar’s-thistle, woolly-headed thistle (Carduus eriophorus).

Friar’s-lantern, n. Ignis fatuus, will o’the wisp, jack-a-lantern.

Fribble, a. Trifling, frivolous, silly, fribbling, frippery.

Fribble, n. Trifler, frivolous fellow, fribbler, coxcomb.

Fribble, v. n.

    1. Trifle, cavil feebly, play the fribble (r).
    2. Totter.

Friction, n.

    1. Attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing.
    2. Rubbing or rolling resistance, resistance from roughness.

Friend, n.

    1. Confidant, intimate, dear companion, loved or loving associate, bosom friend.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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