Frit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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