Fritted vs Fretted - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between fritted and fretted is that fritted is ( frit) while fretted is ( fret). As an adjective fretted is (music) ( of a musical instrument ) having frets.
fritted English
Verb
(head)
(frit)
frit English
Etymology 1
(etyl) fritte, from .
Noun
( en noun)
A fused mixture of materials used to make glass
Verb
( fritt)
To add to a glass or ceramic mixture
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
- (Ure)
See also
* frit away
Etymology 2
Adjective
( en adjective)
(UK, dialect, Lincolnshire) frightened
* 1983 April 19, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher]:
- The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit ? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it?
Anagrams
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fretted English
Verb
(head)
(fret)
Adjective
( head)
(music) (of a musical instrument ) Having frets.
- The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments.
decorated with fretwork
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