Editing Fritter (section)

==Definition==
The 1854 edition of [[Webster's Dictionary|''An American Dictionary of the English Language'']] by [[Noah Webster]] defines fritter as a [[transitive verb]] meaning "to cut meat into small pieces to be fried".<ref>{{cite book |title=An American Dictionary of the English Language |date=1854 |  url=https://books.google.com/books?id=taJDAQAAMAAJ |page=431|publisher=Harper }}</ref> Another definition from 1861 is given as "a pancake cont. chopped fruit, poultry, fish; also a small piece of meat fried".<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooley |first=Arnold James |title=Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, Pronunciation and Definition of Words |year=1861 |publisher=W. and R. Chambers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TngKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA238}}</ref>