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<h1>Fritter</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frit"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OR. <ets>fritour</ets>, <ets>friture</ets>, pancake, F. <ets>friture</ets> frying, a thing fried, from <ets>frire</ets> to fry. See <er>Far</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; <as>as, apple <ex>fritters</ex>, clam <ex>fritters</ex>, oyster <ex>fritters</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fragment; a shred; a small piece.</def>

<blockquote>And cut whole giants into <b>fritters</b>. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Corn fritter</col>. <cd>See under <er>Corn</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fritter</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frit"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Frittered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frittering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break into small pieces or fragments.</def>

<blockquote>Break all nerves, and <b>fritter</b> all their sense. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To fritter away</col>, <cd>to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, <i>to fritter away<i> time, strength, credit, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fritting</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frit"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Frit</er> to expose to heat.]</ety> <def>The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.</def>

<h1>Frivolism</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Friv"o*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Frivolity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pristley.</i>

<h1>Frivolity</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Fri*vol"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frivolities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cg. F. <ets>frivolit\'82</ets>. See <er>Frivolous</er>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.</def>

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<h1>Frivolous</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friv"o*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frivolus</ets>; prob. akin to <ets>friare</ets> to rub, crumble, E. <ets>friable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>frivole</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; <as>as, a <ex>frivolous</ex> argument</as>.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.</def>

<blockquote>His personal tastes were low and <b>frivolous</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Friv"o*lous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Friv"o*lous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Friz</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Frizzed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frizzing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>friser</ets> to curl, crisp, <ets>frizzle</ets>, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. <ets>frisle</ets> hair of the head. Cf. <er>Frieze</er> kind of cloth.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>frizz</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.</def>