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Fructify (frŭktĭfī), v. i. [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + -ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See , and .] To bear fruit. “Causeth the earth to fructify.” Beveridge.
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Fructify, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fructifying.] To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.
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Fructose (frŭktōs or frŭktōs), n. [L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.) Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]
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Fructuary (frŭkt��r�), n.; pl. Fructuaries (-rĭz). [L. fructuarius.] One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything.
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Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne.
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Fructuation (-āshŭn), n. Produce; fruit. [R.]
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Fructuous (?), a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.] Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.]
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Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer.

-- Fructuously, adv. -- Fructuousness, n. [Obs.]
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Fructure (?), n. [L. frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy. See , n.] Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Frue vanner (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle.
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Frugal (?), a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See , n.] 1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.
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I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions. Milton.
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2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. “Frugal fare.” Dryden.
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Frugality (?), n.; pl. Frugalities (#). [L. frugalitas: cf. F. frugalité.] 1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
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Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have
limits. Burke.
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2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.

Syn. -- Economy; parsimony. See .
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Frugally (?), adv. Thriftily; prudently.
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Frugalness, n. Quality of being frugal; frugality.
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Frugiferous (?), a. [L. frugifer; frux, frugis, fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F. frugifere.] Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Dr. H. More.
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Frugivora (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under .
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Frugivorous (?), a. [L. frux, frugis, fruit + vorare to devour.: cf. F. frugivore.] Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant.
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Fruit (?), n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See , v. t., and cf. , .] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.
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Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the
fruits thereof. Ex. xxiii. 10.
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2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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☞ Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruits and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and cherries; and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds.
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4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
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6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
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King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. Shak.
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6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
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The fruit of rashness. Shak.
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What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. Burke.
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They shall eat the fruit of their doings. Is. iii 10.
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The fruits of this education became visible. Macaulay.
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☞ Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
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Coloq. Fruit bat (Zoöl.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also fruit-eating bat. -- Coloq. Fruit bud (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most oplants the same as the power bud. Coloq. Fruit dot (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See . -- Coloq. Fruit fly (Zoöl.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. There are seveal species, some of which are very damaging to fruit crops. One species, Drosophila melanogaster, has been intensively studied as a model species for genetic reserach. -- Coloq. Fruit jar , a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware. -- Coloq. Fruit pigeon (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family Carpophagidæ, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors. -- Coloq. Fruit sugar (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey. -- Coloq. Fruit tree (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit. -- Coloq. Fruit worm (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of insect larvæ: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera. -- Coloq. Small fruits (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc.
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Fruit (?), v. i. To bear fruit. Chesterfield.
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Fruitage (?), n. [F. fruitage.] 1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery.
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The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton.
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2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
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Fruiter (?), a. A ship for carrying fruit.
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Fruiterer (?), n. [Cf. F. fruitier.] One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
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Fruiteress, n. A woman who sells fruit.
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Fruitery (?), n.; pl. Fruiteries (#). [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.]
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1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.
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2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
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Fruitestere (?), n. A fruiteress. [Obs.]
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Fruitful (?), a. Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. -- Fruitfully, adv. -- Fruitfulness, n.
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Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.
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[Nature] By disburdening grows
More fruitful. Milton.
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The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. Addison.

Syn. -- Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See .
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Fruiting, a. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
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Fruiting, n. The bearing of fruit.
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Fruition (?), n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See , n.] Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. “Capacity of fruition.” Rogers. “Godlike fruition.” Milton.
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Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
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Fruitive (?), a. [See .] Enjoying; possessing. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Fruitless (?), a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak.
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2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy.
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They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours. Milton.

Syn. -- Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle; profitless. See .

-- Fruitlessly, adv. -- Fruitlnessness, n.
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Fruit'y (?), a. Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.
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Frumentaceous (?), a. [L. frumentaceus, fr. frumentum corn or grain, from the root of frux fruit: cf. F. frumentacé. See .] Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.
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Frumentarious (?), a. [L. frumentarius.] Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [R.] Coles.
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Frumentation (?), n. [L. frumentatio.] (Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.
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Frumenty (?), n. [OF. fromentée, fr. L. frumentum. See .] Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. [Written also furmenty and furmity.] Halliwell.
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Frump (?), v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. frumple to wrinkle, ruffle, D. frommelen.] To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Frump, n. 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
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Frumper (?), n. A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Frumpish, a. 1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]
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2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.
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Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.
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Frush (?), v. t. [F. froisser to bruise. Cf. .] To batter; to break in pieces. [Obs.]
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I like thine armor well;
I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all. Shak.
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Frush, a. Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
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Frush, n. Noise; clatter; crash. [R.] Southey.
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Frush, n. [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog (the animal), G. frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See , n., 2.] 1. (Far.) The frog of a horse's foot.
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2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.
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Frustrable (?), a. [L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable.] Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.
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Frustraneous (?), a. [See , a.] Vain; useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] South.
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Frustrate (?), a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. “Our frustrate search.” Shak.
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Frustrate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating.] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
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Shall the adversary thus obtain
His end and frustrate thine ? Milton.
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2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
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Frustrately (?), adv. In vain. [Obs.] Vicars.
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frustrating n. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Syn. -- frustration, thwarting, foiling.
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frustrating adj. 1. preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.
Syn. -- frustrative, thwarting.
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2. discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- disappointing.
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Frustration (?), n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.] The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs.
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Frustrative (?), a. Tending to defeat; fallacious. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
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Frustratory (?), a. [L. frustratorius: cf. F. frustratoire.] Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
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Frustule (?), n. [L. frustulum, dim. fr. frustum a piece: cf. F. frustule.] (Bot.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
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Frustulent (?), a. [L. frustulentus. See .] Abounding in fragments. [R.]
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Frustum (?), n.; pl. L. Frusta (#), E. Frustums (#). [L. fruslum piece, bit.]
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1. (Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.
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2. (Arch.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
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Frutage (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.
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The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn.
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2. A confection of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.
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Frutescent (?), a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.) Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wisteria.
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Frutex (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
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Fruticant (?), a. [L. fruticans, p. pr. of fruticare, to become bushy, fr. frutex, fruticis, shrub.] Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Fruticose (?), a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub] (Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray.
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Fruticous (?), a. (Bot.) Fruticose. [R.]
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Fruticulose (?), a. [Dim. fr. L. fruticosus bushy: cf. F. fruticuleux.] (Bot.) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray.
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Fry (frī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried (frīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. �, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. .] 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.
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2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]
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With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden
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The frothy billows fry. Spenser.
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3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.
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To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.
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4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]
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What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax.
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Fry, n. 1. A dish of anything fried.
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2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
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Fry, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see ), but cf. also Icel. fræ, frjō, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
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1. (Zoöl.) The young of any fish.
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2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
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The fry of children young. Spenser.
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To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton.
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We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole.
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Fryer, n. 1. Something or someone that fries.
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2. A young chicken or other food item suitable to be cooked by frying.
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3. A pot equipped with a removable basket, designed to be used for frying objects; -- also called deep fryer.
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Frying, n. The process denoted by the verb fry.
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Coloq. Frying pan , an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc.
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ftp, FTP (ĕftēpē), n. [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) An acronym for file transfer protocol, a standardized protocol used to allow transmission of files between computers; as, send me the file by ftp. It consists of a set of coded signals which are transmitted between computers, and which inform the receiving computer of the nature of a packet of information to be transmitted, and inform the transmitting computer when a packet has been successfully received. [acronym]
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ftp, FTP (ĕftēpē), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ftp'd or FTP'd (ĕftēpēd); p. pr. & vb. n. FTPing or ftp'ing or ftp-ing (ĕftēpēĭng).] [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday. [acronym] The participle forms have not been standardized, and either lower-case or upper-case may be used, but when lower-case is used, either a hyphen or apostrophe is used before the ed or ing endings.
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Fu (?), n. [Chin.] 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.
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Fuage (?), n. Same as .
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Fuar (?), n. Same as .

Fub (?), Fubs (�), n. [Cf. a pocket.] A plump young person or child. [Obs.] Smart.
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Fub, v. t. [The same word as fob to cheat.] To put off by trickery; to cheat. [Obs.]
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I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day. Shak.
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Fubbery (?), n. Cheating; deception. Marston.

{ Fubby (?), Fubsy (?) } a. Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [Eng.]
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A fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. Mme. D'Arblay.

Fucales n. An order coextensive with the family Fucaceae.
Syn. -- order Fucales.
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{ Fucate (?), Fucated (?) } a. [L. fucatus, p. p. of fucare to color, paint, fr. fucus.] Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.
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Fuchs (?), n. [G., prop., a fox.] (German Univ.) A student of the first year.
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Fuchsia (?), n.; pl. E. Fuchsias (#), L. Fuchsiæ (#). [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.
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2. A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia.
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