GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Fritter , n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
   A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.
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   A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
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   And cut whole giants into fritters.
   Hudibras.
   
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   Corn fritter. See under Corn.
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   Fritter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frittered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frittering.]
   To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
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   To break into small pieces or fragments.
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   Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
   Pope.
   
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   To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
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