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frit

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fritn. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The material for glaze of pottery.  [1913 Webster]
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.
fritv. t. 
     To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]
fritv. t. 
     To fritter; -- with away.  Ld. Lytton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frit, n. & v.
--n.
1 a calcined mixture of sand and fluxes as material for glass-making.
2 a vitreous composition from which soft porcelain, enamel, etc., are made.
--v.tr. (fritted, fritting) make into frit, partially fuse, calcine.

Etymology
It. fritta fem. past part. of friggere FRY(1)

ROGET THESAURUS

frit

Sponge

N sponge, honeycomb, network, frit, filter, sieve, net, screen (opening), cellular, spongy, spongious, honeycombed, alveolar, sintered, porous (opening).


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