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Frit brick

Frit \Frit\ (fr[i^]t), 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.

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frit brick

n. A lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.