Frit
/frɪt/noun
A fused, partially vitrified material used in making glass and ceramics.
Did you know?In glassmaking, frit is the cooked, crushed stage of raw materials—an alchemical halfway point where ordinary sand is transformed by heat before becoming glass.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*frijþaną
“to fry, heat, or roast”
Old English
OE
fritt
“a roasted or heated substance; residue from heating”
Middle English
ME
frit
“calcined material or roasted residue used in making glass”
Modern English
English
frit
“a fused mixture used as a raw material in glass and ceramics”