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Search phrase: fretting

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Henry VI Part 11H6 I.ii.16And he may well in fretting spend his gall;And he may well in fretting spend his gall,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.vi.35As doth a sail, filled with a fretting gust,As doth a Saile, fill'd with a fretting Gust
Measure for MeasureMM IV.iii.145Command these fretting waters from your eyesCommand these fretting waters from your eies
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.321'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you,Twas a commodity lay fretting by you,

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frettingimpatience, vexation, frustration
frettingintermittently blowing, squalling

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