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Frit vs Softpaste - What's the difference?

frit | softpaste |

As adjectives the difference between frit and softpaste

is that frit is (uk|dialect|lincolnshire) frightened while softpaste is (of ceramics) having a body formulation that combines clay and frit, mainly used in the production of decorative figures and domestic wares in eighteenth-century europe; also sometimes applied to other soft porcelains such as bone china.

As a noun frit

is a fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

As a verb frit

is to add to a glass or ceramic mixture.

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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    softpaste

    English

    Alternative forms

    * soft-paste

    Adjective

    (-) (Soft-paste porcelain)
  • (of ceramics) Having a body formulation that combines clay and frit, mainly used in the production of decorative figures and domestic wares in eighteenth-century Europe; also sometimes applied to other soft porcelains such as bone china.