Frit

n. [Fr. fritte, It. fritta, from frit, fritto, fried, p. p. of frire, friggere, to fry, from Lat. frigĕre, frictum, or frixum, to roast, fry.] (Glass-making.) The material of which glass is made, after it has been calcined or baked in a furnace, but before fusion. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FRITTED; p. pr. & vb. n. FRITTING.] To prepare by exposing to heat, as the materials for the manufacture of glass; to fuse partially. Ure.