Frit \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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