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Fry \Fry\ (fr[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried} (fr[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L.
frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, 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.
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Fry \Fry\, v. 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.
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2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]
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With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden
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The frothy billows fry. --Spenser.
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3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a
sensation of heat.
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To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon.
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4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]
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What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.
--Fairfax.
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Fry \Fry\, n.
1. A dish of anything fried.
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2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
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Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye
spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare
tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o],
seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
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1. (Zool.) The young of any fish.
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2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or
small things in general.
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The fry of children young. --Spenser.
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To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.
--Milton.
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We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and
twenty small fry. --Walpole.
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