froise en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English froise. Compare French froisser (“to bruise”).
Meanings
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A kind of large thick pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.
Take Apples sliced thin round ways, and lay a layer of the Froise, and another of the Apples, with Currans betwixt the layers
1670, Hannah Woolley, The gentlewomans companion, Pumpion-Pye:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| froises | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fraise | alternative | lexicographic |