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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
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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