A headdress, worn by women of the Middle Ages, consisting of interlaced wire.
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A hole or worn spot made by abrasion or erosion.
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An ornamental design consisting of repeated and symmetrical geometric figures, often in relief, contained within a band or border. Also called key pattern.
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Irritation of mind; agitation.
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One of several ridges set across the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar.
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verb-intransitive
To be vexed or troubled; worry. See Synonyms at brood.
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To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
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To gnaw with the teeth in the manner of a rodent.
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To move agitatedly.
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verb-transitive
To cause to be uneasy; vex: "fret thy soul with crosses and with cares” ( Edmund Spenser).
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To disturb the surface of (water or a stream); agitate.
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To form (a passage or channel) by erosion.
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To gnaw or wear away; erode.
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To press (the strings of an instrument) against the frets.
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verb
To eat or gnaw into .
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To make by wearing away a substance .
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To cause to suffer emotional strain .
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To pass (as time) in .
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To eat into something.
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