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Webster 1913 Edition
Fry
Fry
(frī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fried
(frīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frying
.] [OE.
frien
, F. frire
, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry
, cf. Gr. [GREEK], Skr. bhrajj
. Cf. Fritter
.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat;
as, to
fry
fish; to fry
doughnuts.Fry
,Verb.
I.
1.
To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.
2.
To simmer; to boil.
[Obs.]
With crackling flames a caldron
fries
. Dryden
The frothy billows
fry
. Spenser.
3.
To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.
To keep the oil from
frying
in the stomach. Bacon.
4.
To be agitated; to be greatly moved.
[Obs.]
What kindling motions in their breasts do
fry
. Fairfax.
Fry
,Noun.
1.
A dish of anything fried.
2.
A state of excitement;
as, to be in a
. fry
[Colloq.]
Fry
,Noun.
[OE.
fri
, fry
, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye
spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare
tosub (see Friction
), but cf. also Icel. fræ
, frjō
, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö
, Goth. fraiw
seed, descendants.] 1.
(Zool.)
The young of any fish.
2.
A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
The
fry
of children young. Spenser.
To sever . . . the good fish from the other
fry
. Milton.
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small
fry
. Walpole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fry
FRY
,Verb.
T.
To dress with fat by heating or roasting in a pan over a fire; to cook and prepare for eating in a fryingpan; as, to fry meat or vegetables.
FRY
, v.i.1.
To be heated and agitated; to suffer the action of fire or extreme heat.2.
To ferment, as in the stomach.3.
To be agitated; to boil.FRY
,Noun.
1.
A swarm or crowd of little fish; so called from their crowding, tumbling and agitation. [L. ferveo.]2.
A dish of any thing fried.3.
A kind of sieve. [Not used in America.]