Archaic Definition of the Week – Fret

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fret. (1) A frith, or strait of the sea, where the water by confinement is always rough.

(2) Any agitation of liquors by fermentation, confinement, or other cause.

Johnson’s Dictionary : A Modern Selection by Samuel Johnson (1755), ed. E. L. McAdam and George Milne (1963)

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  1. So, I would fret if I had to swim through a fret after having some fret?