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Webster 1913 Edition

Frit

Frit

(frĭt)
,
Noun.
[F.
fritte
, fr.
frit
fried, p. p. of
frire
to fry. See
Far
,
Verb.
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.
2.
(Ceramics)
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fritted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fritting
.]
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
Ure.

Frit

,
Verb.
T.
To fritter; – with away.
[R.]
Ld. Lytton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frit

FRIT

,
Noun.
[L. frictus, frigo, Eng. to fry.]
In the manufacture of glass, the matter of which glass is made after it has been calcined or baked in a furnace. It is a composition of silex and fixed alkali, occasionally with other ingredients.

Definition 2024

frit

frit

English

Noun

frit ‎(plural frits)

  1. A fused mixture of materials used to make glass
  2. (archaeology) Similar methods used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; bronze and iron age)

Translations

Verb

frit ‎(third-person singular simple present frits, present participle fritting, simple past and past participle fritted)

  1. To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
  2. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
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See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

frit ‎(comparative more frit, superlative most frit)

  1. (Britain, dialect, Lincolnshire) frightened
    • 1983 April 19, Margaret Thatcher:
      The right hon. gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it?

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Danish

Adjective

frit

  1. neuter singular of fri

French

Etymology

From Latin frictus.

Verb

frit m ‎(feminine singular frite, masculine plural frits, feminine plural frites)

  1. past participle of frire

Adjective

frit m ‎(feminine singular frite, masculine plural frits, feminine plural frites)

  1. fried

Related terms

See also

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fruit, from Latin fructus.

Pronunciation

Noun

frit m ‎(plural frits)

  1. (Jersey, France) fruit

Derived terms

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • friut

Pronoun

frit

  1. second-person singular of fri

Etymology

French fritte, from frit ‎(“fried”).

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