FRUTICULOSE Fru*tic"u*lose`, a. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. fruticosus bushy: cf. F. fruticuleux.] (Bot.)
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray.
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Fry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] Etym: [OE.
frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. bhrajj.
Cf. Fritter.]
Defn: 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.