Frit vs Frat - What's the difference?
frit | frat |
To add to a glass or ceramic mixture
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
(UK, dialect, Lincolnshire) frightened
* 1983 April 19, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher]:
As nouns the difference between frit and frat
is that frit is a fused mixture of materials used to make glass while frat is shortened form for fraternity, college organization (often used as a noun modifier).As a verb frit
is to add to a glass or ceramic mixture.As an adjective frit
is (uk|dialect|lincolnshire) frightened.frit
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) fritte, from .Verb
(fritt)- (Ure)
See also
* frit awayEtymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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?