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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Frit

/(frĭt)/ · IPA /fɹɪt/
01 n. The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition…
  1. 1.
    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.(Glass Making)
  2. 2.
    The material for glaze of pottery.(Ceramics)
Phrases & compounds
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.
02 v. t. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting
  1. 1.
    To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
03 v. t. To fritter; -- with away.
  1. 1.
    To fritter; -- with away.[R.]