refret

English

Etymology 1

re- +‎ fret

Verb

refret (third-person singular simple present refrets, present participle refretting, simple past and past participle refretted)

1. (transitive) To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

   Can you refret my guitar?

Etymology 2

From Old French refret, Latin refractus (past participle). See refrain (noun), refract.

Noun

refret (plural refrets)

1. (obsolete) A refrain.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “refret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ferret