Frit Definition

frĭt
frits, fritted, fritting
noun
The partly fused mixture of sand and fluxes, of which glass is made.
Webster's New World
A partly fused vitreous substance, ground and used as a basis for glazes and enamels.
Webster's New World
verb
To prepare (materials for glass) by heating; make into frit.
Webster's New World
adjective

(UK, dialect, Lincolnshire) Frightened.

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Other Word Forms of Frit

Noun

Singular:
frit
Plural:
frits

Origin of Frit

  • Italian fritta from feminine past participle of friggere to fry from Latin frīgere to roast, fry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French fritte, from frit (“fried”).

    From Wiktionary

Frit Sentence Examples

  • The best-known dipterous pests are the Hessian fly (Cecidosnyia destructor), the pear midge (Diplosis pyrivora), the fruit flies (Tephritis Tyroni of Queensland and Halterophora capitata or the Mediterranean fruit fly), the onion fly (Phorbia cepetorum), and numerous corn pests, such as the gout fly (Chloropstaeniopus) and the frit fly (Oscinis frit).

  • Though glaze begins so early, the use of the glassy matter by itself does not occur till the XVIIIth Dynasty; the earlier reputed examples are of stone or frit.

  • The silica was needed quite pure from iron, in order to get the rich blues, and was obtained from calcined quartz pebbles; ordinary sand will only make a green frit.

  • The colored frit thus Formed was used as paint in a wet state, and also used to dissolve Ln glass or to fuse over a surface in glazing.

  • Strange seasons also produce strange results - I have never found stem bulbils on Frit aurea before.

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Words Starting With

FFRFRI

Words Ending With

TITRIT

Unscrambles

frit

Words Starting With F and Ending With T

Starts With F & Ends With TStarts With FR & Ends With TStarts With F & Ends With IT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With T