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froise, fraise|frɔɪz, freɪz|
Forms: 4–7 froyse, froyze, 5 froys, 7 frois, (froyes), 7–9 froize, 4– froise, 8– fraise.
[The twofold spelling with ai, oi would seem to point to a Fr. etymon, OF. *freis, *freise, repr. popular Lat. *frĭxum, -a, var. of frīxum, -a, pa. pple. neut. and fem. of frīgĕre to fry; but the word has not been found.]
A kind of pancake or omelette, often containing slices of bacon.
1338Durh. MS. Cell. Roll, In Carnibus porc' pro froys, ijd. 1390Gower Conf. II. 93 He routeth with a slepy noise And brustleth as a monkes froise Whan it is throwe into the panne. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 741/29 Hoc frixum, a froys. 1579Twyne Phisicke agst. Fort. ii. cxvi. 310 b, Eschue puddinges, sausages, froyses, and al manner confected and mengled meates. 1651Randolph, etc. Hey for Honesty v. Wks. (1875) 475 They'd make me froises and flapjacks too. 1672T. B. Let. to Author Vind. Clergy 79 To smell a Fanatick as far as another man shall do broil'd Herrings, or a burnt froise. 1755Johnson, Fraise, a pancake with bacon in it. 1819W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLVII. 133 The general..threw the froize out of the window. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Fraise, a kind of pancake eaten with sweet sauce: it was thicker than the ordinary pancake, and made with a ‘stiffer’ batter. |