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

The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.

Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. Mrs. Browning.

Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as:

A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8.

tongue together. -- Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. -- Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. -- Full moon. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. -- Full organ (Mus.),…

Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.

A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak.

Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.

High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.

The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.

A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

f chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity. Tylor.

Capable of being carried or worn. [Obs. or R.]

A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton. A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morné milk. Chaucer.