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,