"frit" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more frit [comparative], most frit [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|fright|t=frighten}} fright (“frighten”), {{m|en|bite}} bite, {{m|en|bit}} bit, {{m|en|light}} light, {{m|en|lit}} lit, {{m|en|fit|id=fought|t=fought}} fit (“fought”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} frit (comparative more frit, superlative most frit)
  1. (UK, regional) Frightened. Tags: UK, regional
    Sense id: en-frit-en-adj-gvKdyAyp Categories (other): British English, Regional English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: French fritte, from frit (“fried”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|fritte}} French fritte, {{m|fr|frit||fried}} frit (“fried”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frit (countable and uncountable, plural frits)
  1. A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fused mixture of materials): стъкломаса (stǎklomasa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), frita [feminine] (Catalan), fritte [feminine] (French), Fritte [feminine] (German), fryta [feminine] (Polish), frita [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-frit-en-noun-2ZCQMl4t Disambiguation of 'fused mixture of materials': 91 9
  2. (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-frit-en-noun-nCNqNJHo Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frit brick, fritless
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} frit (plural frits)
  1. A frit fly. Related terms: frit away, frit fly
    Sense id: en-frit-en-noun--yUmB~6s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish prepositional pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 5 14 61 2 2 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 1 9 36 1 1 1 17 13 6 0 2 Disambiguation of Old Irish prepositional pronouns: 6 8 2 9 37 1 1 1 17 10 3 1 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /fɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frits [present, singular, third-person], fritting [participle, present], fritted [participle, past], fritted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: French fritte, from frit (“fried”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|fritte}} French fritte, {{m|fr|frit||fried}} frit (“fried”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frit (third-person singular simple present frits, present participle fritting, simple past and past participle fritted)
  1. To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
    Sense id: en-frit-en-verb-KZGxPgp~
  2. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
    Sense id: en-frit-en-verb-3JJCczCE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 272",
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