English Dictionary

fret

/fɹɛt/

noun

Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. / Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.

She played a beautiful melody on the fret of her guitar.

意味（1）

Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Now though Cider uſed in my Method ſhould not ferment at all, till it come into the Bottle, and then but a little; yet the Cauſe of Fermentation being in a great Degree taken away, the reſt can do no conſiderable Harm to thoſe who drink it, … It is in your Power to give the Cider juſt as much fret as you pleaſe, and no more; and that by ſeveral ways: For either you may bottle it ſooner or later, as you pleaſe: Or you may bottle it from two Taps in your Veſſel, and that from the higher Tap will have leſs Fret, and the lower more: …

意味（2）

Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.

He keeps his mind in a continual fret.

意味（3）

Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).

Vesiculæ, or vesicles, are small, circumscribed elevations of the scarf-skin, containing serum, at first (both in their coats and contents) transparent, afterwards white and opaque, and terminating in the formation of scurf or thin scales. Under this head are ranged varicella (chicken-pox), sudamina, eczema (red fret), herpes (fret), scabies (itch).

意味（4）

(mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.

Then we obſerve the Frets in the Banks of Rivers that are newly made by any great Land-Flood, which uſually are then very clean, to ſee, if happily we can diſcover any metalline Stones in the Sides and Bottoms thereof, together with the Caſt of the Country (i.e. any earth of a different colour from the reſt of the Bank), which is a great help to direct us, which ſide or hill to ſearch into.