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