FRITTING

Verb

fritting

present participle of frit

Noun

fritting (uncountable)

The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.

Source: Wiktionary


Frit"ting, n. Etym: [See Frit to expose to heat.]

Definition: The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.

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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