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Pronunciation : Frit
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
Definition : 1. (Glass Making)

Defn: 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)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frit
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.

t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frit
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To fritter; -- with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913