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countable and uncountable, plural frits
A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. examples
(archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
third-person singular simple present frits, present participle fritting, simple past and past participle fritted
To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture examples
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. quotations examples
equal parts of the calcined and roasted ore, of ground flints and potash, are fritted together and then fused
1831, Benjamin Silliman, Elements of Chemistry
comparative more frit, superlative most frit
(UK, regional) Frightened. quotations examples
The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he? Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Could not take it? Cannot stand it? If I were going to cut and run, I should have gone after the Falklands.
1983 Margaret Thatcher, Prime minister's questions, 19 April
“We shoulder life. We know its ins and outs. We've felt the draught at either end of it. What you're most frit of, that's our bread and jam, and none of us ain't got no time to spare on ignorant, bad-mannered little boys.”
2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 272
plural frits
A frit fly. examples