frit

Meanings

1. A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
2. A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
3. Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.

1. To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
2. To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

1. Frightened.

1. A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.

1. A frit fly.

Etymology

Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).