Fry
(Fry) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried ; 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.
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.
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
(Fry), n.
1. A dish of anything fried.
2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
Fry
(Fry), n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr.
L. fricare tosub but cf. also Icel. fræ, frjo, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
1. (Zoöl.) 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. Frying
(Fry"ing), n. The process denoted by the verb fry.
Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc.
Fuage
(Fu"age) n. Same as Fumage.
Fuar
(Fu"ar) n. Same as Feuar.
Fub
(Fub Fubs) n. [Cf. Fob a pocket.] A plump young person or child. [Obs.] Smart.
Fub
(Fub), v. t. [The same word as fob to cheat.] To put off by trickery; to cheat. [Obs.]
I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day.
Shak. Fubbery
(Fub"ber*y) n. Cheating; deception. Marston.
