Frit
Frit (frit) , noun
[French fritte, from frit fried, past participle of frire to fry. See Far, transitive verb]
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.
Collocations (1)
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 , transitive verb
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. — Ure
Frit , transitive verb
To fritter; -- with away. [Rare] — Ld. Lytton