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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fry \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frying \Fry"ing\, n. The process denoted by the verb fry. {Frying pan}, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: frying n : cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle [syn: {sauteing}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FRYING-:PAN:, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used in cooking span-long infants that had died without baptism; and observing one day the horrible torment of a tramp who had incautiously pulled a fried babe from the waste-dump and devoured it it occurred to the great divine to rob death of its terrors by introducing the frying-pan into every household in Geneva. Thence it spread to all corners of the world, and has been of invaluable assistance in the propagation of his sombre faith. The following lines (said to be from the pen of his Grace Bishop Potter) seem to imply that the usefulness of this utensil is not limited to this world; but as the consequences of its employment in this life reach over into the life to come so also itself may be found on the other side rewarding its devotees: Old Nick was summoned to the skies. Said Peter: "Your intentions Are good, but you lack enterprise Concerning new inventions. "Now, broiling in an ancient plan Of torment, but I hear it Reported that the frying-pan Sears best the wicked spirit. "Go get one -- fill it up with fat -- Fry sinners brown and good in't." "I know a trick worth two o' that," Said Nick -- "I'll cook their food in't."
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