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.
1338. Durh. MS. Cell. Roll. In Carnibus porc’ pro froys, ijd.
1390. Gower, 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.
1579. Twyne, Phisicke agst. Fort., II. cxvi. 310 b. Eschue puddinges, sausages, froyses, and al manner confected and mengled meates.
1651. Randolph, etc., Hey for Honesty, V. Wks. (1875), 475.
| Besides they’d make me froises and flapjacks too, | |
| Feed me with puddings, give me broken meat | |
| And many dainty morsels for to eat. |
1672. T. B., Lett. to Author Vind. Clergy, 79. To smell a Fanatick as far as another man shall do broil’d Herrings, or a burnt froise.
1755. Johnson, Fraise, a pancake with bacon in it.
1819. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XLVII. 133. The general … threw the froize out of the window.
1879. Miss 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.
