Part 4621

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The young of any fish.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>fry</b> of children young. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To sever . . . the good fish from the other <b>fry</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small <b>fry</b>. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frying</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fry"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process denoted by the verb <i>fry</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Frying pan</col>, <cd>an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fuage</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fu"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Fumage</er>.</def>

<h1>Fuar</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fu"ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Feuar</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Fub, Fubs</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fubs</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fob</er> a pocket.]</ety> <def>A plump young person or child.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Fub</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fub</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[The same word as <ets>fob</ets> to cheat.]</ety> <def>To put off by trickery; to cheat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I have been <b>fubbed</b> off, and <b>fubbed</b> off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fubbery</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fub"ber*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cheating; deception.</def>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Fubby, Fubsy</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw><hw>Fub"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fub"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a <i>fubsy</i> sofa.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>fubsy</b>, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. <i>Mme. D'Arblay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fucate, Fucated</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw><hw>Fu"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fu"ca*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fucatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fucare</ets> to color, paint, fr. <ets>fucus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.</def>

<h1>Fuchs</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fuchs</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., prop., a fox.]</ety> <fld>(German Univ.)</fld> <def>A student of the first year.</def>