To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to
utter peevish expressions.

The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.

To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

To tease; to irritate; to vex.

To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

To devour.

See 1st Frith.

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.

To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets
on the edges.