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