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FRITTED
Verb
fritted
simple past tense and past participle of frit
Source: Wiktionary
FRIT
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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