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fret

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fret1
the result of fretting; corrosion

fret2
any of several small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a musical instrument of the lute, guitar, or viol family at various points along its length so as to produce the desired notes when the strings are stopped by the fingers


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Night is at hand; the night winds fret afar, The North winds moan.
"Don't you fret, Miss," said Luke, soothingly; "they're nash things, them lop-eared rabbits; they'd happen ha' died, if they'd been fed.
Do not fret, Pauline; let us hope La Petite is a true Valmet.
 
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