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Fry (frī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried (frīd); 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, 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, 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, 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. fræ, frjō, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, 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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