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What's The Definition Of Fry?

\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.
\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. 2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden The frothy billows fry. --Spenser. 3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon. 4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. --Fairfax.
\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. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of any fish. 2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. The fry of children young. --Spenser. To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. --Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. --Walpole.