Part 4620

<h1>Fruticant</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"ti*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fruticans</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>fruticare</ets>, to become bushy, fr. <ets>frutex</ets>, fruticis, shrub.]</ety> <def>Full of shoots.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Fruticose</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"ti*cose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fruticosus</ets>, from frutex, <ets>fruticis</ets>, shrub]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; <as>as, a <ex>fruticose</ex> stem</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Fruticous</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"ti*cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Fruticose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fruticulose</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*tic"u*lose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Dim. fr. L. <ets>fruticosus</ets> bushy: cf. F. <ets>fruticuleux</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Fry</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fried</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>frien</ets>, F. <ets>frire</ets>, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, <ets>fry</ets>, cf. Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>bhrajj</ets>. Cf. <er>Fritter</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, to <ex>fry</ex> fish; to <ex>fry</ex> doughnuts.</as></def>

<h1>Fry</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To simmer; to boil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With crackling flames a caldron <b>fries</b>. <i>Dryden</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The frothy billows <b>fry</b>.

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.</def>

<blockquote>To keep the oil from <b>frying</b> in the stomach. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be agitated; to be greatly moved.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What kindling motions in their breasts do <b>fry</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ery</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Ery</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A dish of anything fried.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A state of excitement; <as>as, to be in a fry</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fry</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fri</ets>, <ets>fry</ets>, seed, descendants, cf. OF. <ets>froye</ets> spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. <ets>fricare</ets> tosub (see <er>Friction</er>), but cf. also Icel. <ets>fr\'91</ets>, <ets>frj\'d3</ets>, seed, Sw. & Dan. <ets>fr\'94</ets>, Goth. <ets>fraiw</ets> seed, descendants.]</ety>