FRIT

Etymology 1

Noun

frit (countable and uncountable, plural frits)

A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

(archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)

Verb

frit (third-person singular simple present frits, present participle fritting, simple past and past participle fritted)

To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture

To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

Etymology 2

Adjective

frit (comparative more frit, superlative most frit)

(UK, regional) Frightened.

Etymology 3

Noun

frit (plural frits)

A frit fly.

Anagrams

• FTIR, rift

Source: Wiktionary

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Frit, n. Etym: [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]

1. (Glass Making)

Definition: The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.

2. (Ceramics)

Definition: The material for glaze of pottery. Frit brick, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.

Frit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.]

Definition: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.

Frit, v. t.

Definition: To fritter; -- with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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