frett

See also: Frett and frétt

English

Etymology 1

See frit.

Noun

frett (usually uncountable, plural fretts)

  1. A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.

Etymology 2

See fret.

Noun

frett (plural fretts)

  1. (mining) The worn side of the bank of a river.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frett in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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