Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1746-1874
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†FRYTHE, v., tr. and intr. To fry (Rnf. 1825 Jam.); fig. to burn with rage or exasperation. Cf. Eng. fry, id. Comb. frything-pan, frying-pan.Sc. after 1746 Jacobite Minstr. (1829) 290:
He's in a' Satan's frything pans, Scouth'ring the blude frae aff his han's.Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 60:
I've lain a' frythin' on the grass, To hear yer nonsense gath'ring.Dmb. 1817 J. Walker Poems 68:
[She] fryth'd an' brander'd twa three livers.Arg. c.1850 in Colville 115:
Fire water — fire a spoucher full — These frythan stouns to stay.ne.Sc. 1874 D. Macgregor The Scald 21:
Like deevils damned in auld Thrummycaips' sulphurous fryin pan fyrthin.
