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   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.
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   Fry, v. i.
   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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   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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   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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   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.
   A dish of anything fried.
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   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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   (Zool.) The young of any fish.
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   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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