FRITTER

fritter. Fritter, n. a kind of pancake, small piece, thred

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Frit″ter (?), n. [[OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]] 1. 1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.
2. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras. Corn fritter. See under Corn.