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Frit vs Frig - What's the difference?

frit | frig |

As nouns the difference between frit and frig

is that frit is a fused mixture of materials used to make glass while frig is an act of frigging or frig can be a fridge.

As verbs the difference between frit and frig

is that frit is to add to a glass or ceramic mixture while frig is (obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around.

As an adjective frit

is (uk|dialect|lincolnshire) frightened.

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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    frig

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l). Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around
    • Will you sit down and stop frigging around.
  • (ambitransitive) to masturbate
    • She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
  • *1880 , anonymous,
    • There was an old parson of Lundy,
    Fell asleep in his vestry on Sunday;
    He awoke with a scream,
    "What, another wet dream,
    This comes of not frigging since Monday."
  • (ambitransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
    • Come on honey, let’s frig .
  • * 1988 , , page 113
    • Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
  • to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
    • Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.
  • (ambitransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate
    • The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
    Derived terms
    * frigger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an act of frigging
  • A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed)
    • I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now
  • a fuck
    • I don’t give a frig !

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.English abbreviations

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fridge