n. [ OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges, OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit, bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G. bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and Free. ]
v. t. To fry in deep fat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. to cook by immersing in hot fat or oil.
v. t. to cook by immersing in hot fat.
v. t.
v. i.
With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]
The frothy billows fry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The fry of children young. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The process denoted by the verb fry. [ 1913 Webster ]
Frying pan,
n.;
Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King. [ 1913 Webster ]
So in this installment I'd like to serve up a gallimaufry of tasty URLs that didn't quite fit anywhere else. James Patrick Kelly, (2003) in 'On the Net Gallimaufry' (https://web.archive.org/web/20060131120420/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0403/onthenet.shtml) [ LM ]
v. To fry in a pan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. Undershrievalty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]