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Meaning of FRIT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Frit\, 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.
    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.
    
  2. \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.
    
  3. \Frit\, v. t.
    To fritter; -- with away. [R.] --Ld. Lytton.
    
 
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