n. [ OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges, OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit, bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G. bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and Free. ] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fry in deep fat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to cook by immersing in hot fat or oil.
Syn. -- french-fry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to cook by immersing in hot fat.
Syn. -- deep-fry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fried p. pr. & vb. n. Frying. ] [ OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. &unr_;, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To simmer; to boil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

The frothy billows fry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A dish of anything fried. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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, frjō, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) The young of any fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fry of children young. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something or someone that fries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young chicken or other food item suitable to be cooked by frying. [ PJC ]

3. A pot equipped with a removable basket, designed to be used for frying objects; -- also called deep fryer. [ PJC ]

n. The process denoted by the verb fry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gallimaufries [ F. galimafrée a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats. ] 1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

So in this installment I'd like to serve up a gallimaufry of tasty URLs that didn't quite fit anywhere else. James Patrick Kelly, (2003) in 'On the Net Gallimaufry' (https://web.archive.org/web/20060131120420/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0403/onthenet.shtml) [ LM ]

v. To fry in a pan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash. [ Obs. ] Cranmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Undershrievalty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]