The use of fritting for small nibbles probably comes from to
fritter - to break into small pieces. But frit/fritting and
fritter have completely different language roots. That is an
interesting theory. Generally frit is made by immersing hot
glass in water. Rapid cooling and thermal shock causes the glass
to harden and crumble.There are two ways this can be done. 1.
Run molten glass from the furnace into a bucket of water. 2 Heat
up broken glass (cullet) to about 500 degrees Celsius and drop
into a bucket of water. To a degree, Wrightoutlook is correct -
this is a semantic argument. You can call these things whatever
you like. Dealers and auctioneers are welcome to make up as many
terms as they like. But they should not be misleading. For
example, a fleabite is a very sensible term for a concoidal
fracture. It can be instantly understood by anyone from a novice
to an expert. This is because it conjures up a visual image and
the term does not have any other meaning within glass making
terminology. To use the t