1. A dish of anything fried.
2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
FRY Fry, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
FRYING
Fry"ing, n.
Defn: The process denoted by the verb fry. Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc.
FU
Fu, n. [Chin.]
Defn: A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; — often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting-fu.