'Frit' definitions:

Definition of 'Frit'

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  • Frit \Frit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Frit'

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  • Frit \Frit\, v. t. To fritter; -- with away. [R.] --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Frit'

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  • Frit \Frit\ (fr[i^]t), n. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
  • 1. (Glass Making) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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