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

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