fry

fry

1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke. 2. vt. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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.

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.

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Fry, n.

1.

A dish of anything fried.

2.

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, frjO, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]

1. (Zoöl.)

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.

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