FÁ, FAE, s. Foe.

A. S. fa, id.

Douglas.

FA, v. and s.
V. Faw.

FABORIS, s. pl. Suburbs.

Fr. faux-bourg.

Wallace.

FABURDOUN, s. Counterpoint in music; Fr. faux-bourdon.

Burel.

FACHENIS, pl. Faulchions.
Douglas.

Fr. fauchon.

FACHT, Leg. flicht, flight.
Houlate.

FADDIS, s. pl. Boats.
Bellenden.

Gael. fada.

FADE, FEDE, adj. Appointed; A. S. fad-an, ordinare.
Sir Tristrem.

FADE, s. A company of hunters.
Doug.

Isl. veid-a, to hunt, Gael. fiadh, a deer.

To FADE, v. a. To fall short in.

Isl. fat-ast, deficit.

Wyntown.

FADER, FADYR, s. Father.
Barbour.

A. S. faeder, Isl. fader, id.

FADGE, s. A bundle of sticks, Dumfr.

Sw. fagg-a, onerare.

FADGE, FAGE, s.
1. A large flat loaf or bannock.
Gl. Sibb.
2. A flat wheaten loaf, Loth.
Ramsay.

Teut. wegghe, libum oblongum; Fr. fouace, a thick cake.

3. A lusty and clumsy woman, S.
Ritson.

To FADLE, FAIDLE, v. n. To waddle, Ang.

FADOM, s. A fathom, S.

Isl. fadm-r.

FAGALD, s. Faggot.
Barbour.

FAY, s.
1. Faith, O. Fr. fe.
Wyntown.
2. Fidelity, allegiance.
Barbour.

To FAIK, v. a. To grasp.
Douglas.

Fland. fack-en, apprehendere.

To FAIK, v. a. To fold, S.
Burns.

Sw. veck, a fold.

Faik, s.
1. A fold, S. B.
Bannatyne P.
2. A plaid, Ang. Faikie, Aberd.
Journal Lond.

FAIK, s. A stratum of stone, Loth.

FAIK, s. The razor-bill, a bird.
Neill.

To FAIK, v. a.
1. To lower the price of any commodity, Loth. Perths.
2. To let go with impunity, Loth.

Su. G. falk-a, to cheapen.

To FAIK, FAICK, v. n. To fail, S. B.

Su. G. wik-a, cedere.

Ross.

To FAIK, v. n. To stop, S. B.
Ross.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, s.
1. Any grassy part of the surface of the ground.
Doug.
2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward, S.
Bellenden.

Su. G. wall, (pron. vall), sward.

Fail-dyke, s. A wall built of sods, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

To FAILE, v. n.
1. To fail.
2. To be in want of any thing.
Barbour.

Failyie, FaylyhÉ, s.
1. Failure.
Act Sedt.
2. Legal subjection to a penalty.
Spalding.
3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S.

To FAYND, FAND, v. a.
1. To tempt.
Wyntown.
2. To put to trial.
Sir Tristrem.
3. To endeavour.
Barbour.

A. S. fand-ian, tentare.

To FAYND, v. n. To shift.
V. Fend.
Wallace.

FAYNDING, s. Perhaps, guile.
Barbour.

FAINY, adv. Not understood.
Houlate.

FAINTICE, s. Dissembling.
Barbour.

Fr. faintise.

FAIPLE, s. To hang the faiple, to be chopfallen, S.
A. Scott.

FAIR, adj. Calm, Orkney.

FAIR, FERE, FEYR, s. Appearance.

A. S. feorh, vultus.

Douglas.

FAIR, FAYR, FAR, s.
1. Solemn preparation.
Barbour.
2. Funeral solemnity.
Gawan and Gol.

Germ. feyr-en, to celebrate.

FAIR, s. Affair.
Priests of Peblis.

FAYR, adj. Proper.
Barbour.

Moes. G. fagr, idoneus.

FAIRD, s.
1. Course.
Complaynt S.
2. Expedition, enterprise.
Calderwood.

FAIRDED, part. pr. Painted.
V. Fard, v.

FAIRDING, s. Violent blowing.
Burel.

FAYRE, FARE, s. Course.
Wyntown.

Isl. far, iter.

FAIR-FARAND.
V. Farand.

FAIRFASSINT, adj. Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.

FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.
V. Fure-dayis.

FAIRHEID, s. Beauty.
Dunbar.

FAIRIN, FARNE, part. pa. Fared.
Barbour.

FAIRY-HILLOCKS, pl. Verdant knolls, denominated from the vulgar idea that these were anciently inhabited by the fairies, or that they used to dance there, S.

To FAIRLY.
V. Ferly, v.

FAIRNTICKL'D, adj. Freckled.

FAIT, s. To lose fait of, to lose one's good opinion of, S.

Fr. faire fÊte de, to joy in.

To FAYT, v. a. Perhaps, frame.
Sir Tristrem.

To FAIZLE, v. a. To flatter, S. B.

Su. G. fios-a, id.

FALD, FAULD, s.
1. A sheep-fold, S.
Ross.
2. An inclosure of any kind.
Douglas.

A. S. Isl. fald, septum animalium.

To Fald, Fauld, v. a. To inclose in a fold, S.

Sw. faella, id.

To FALD, v. n. To bow, S.
Garden.

A. S. feald-an, plicare.

To FALE, v. n. To happen.
Wyntown.

FALK, FAUK, s. The Razor-bill.
Martin.

To FALL, v. n.
1. To fall to, as one's portion, pron. faw, S.
Peblis to the Play.
2. To be one's turn. It fawis me now, S.

To Fall by, v. n. To be lost, S.
Rutherford.

To FALL with child, to become pregnant, S.

FALL, (pron. faw) s. A measure six ells square, S.
Skene.

Su. G. fale, pertica, a perch.

FALL, FAW, s. A trap, S.
Evergreen.

Germ. falle, Su. G. falla, decipula.

FALLBRIG, s. A bridge used in a siege, which the besiegers let fall on the walls, that they might enter by it.
Barbour.

FALLEN STARS, a gelatinous plant, found in pastures, &c. after rain, S.

Sea fallen stars, Sea lungs, An animal thrown on the sea-shore, S.

To FALLOW, v. a. To follow, S.
Douglas.

FALOW, FALLOW, s. Fellow.
Wyntown.

To Fallow, v. a. To equal.
Dunbar.

FALSAR, FALSARIE, s. A falsifier.
Acts Marie.

FALSED, FALSETTE, s.
1. Falsehood.
Dunbar.
2. A forgery.

O. Fr. faulsete.

Acts Mar.

FALT, FAUTE, FAWT, s. Want.

O. Fr. faute.

Barbour.

FAME, FAIM, FEIM, s.
1. Foam, S.
Douglas.
2. Passion, S. B.

A. S. fam, faem, spuma.

To Fame, v. n. To be in a rage, S.

FAMEN, pl. Foes.
Wallace.

A. S. fah-mon, foe-man.

FAMYLE, FAMELL, s. Family, race.

Fr. famille.

Douglas.

FAMOUS, adj. Of good character.

Fr. fameux, of much credit.

Wodrow.

To FAND, v. a. To try.
V. Faynd.

FAND, pret. v. Found, S.
Hudson.

To FANE, v. a. To protect.
Dunbar.

FANE, In fane, fondly.
Gawan and Gol.

FANG, s.
1. Capture.
Wallace.
2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.
Morison.
With the fang, having in possession, LL. S.
3. In pl., claws or talons, S.
4. The bend of a rope.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. fang, Teut. vanghe, captura, captus.

To FANK, FANKLE, v. a. To entangle, especially by knots, S.
Henrysone.

Teut. vanck, tendicula.

FANNOUN, FANNOWNE, s. A linen handkerchief carried on the priest's arm at mass.

Fr. fanon.

Wyntown.

To FANTISIE, v. a. To regard with affection.

Fr. fantas-ier.

G. Buchanan.

Fantise, s. Vain appearance.
K. Quair.

FANTON, s. Swoon.
Palice of Hon.

FANTOWN, adj. Fantastic.
Wyntown.

FAR, s. Pompous preparation.
V. Fair.

FAR, s. Appearance.
V. Fair.
Barbour.

FAR, FARE, FAYR, s. Expedition.
Barbour.

FARAND, FARRAND, adj. Seeming.
Douglas.

Auld-farand, adj. Sagacious, S.

Fair-farand, adj.
1. Having a goodly appearance.
S. P. Repr.
2. Having a fair carriage.
Houlate.
3. Having a specious appearance, S.

Euil-farand, adj. Unseemly.
Douglas.

Foul-farren, adj. Having a bad appearance.
Kelly.

Weill-farand, adj.
1. Having a goodly appearance.
Barbour.
2. Handsome.
Wallace.

Su. G. far-a, agere; Teut. vaer-en, gerere se.

FARAND, part. pr. Travelling.
Barbour.

Farandman, s. A traveller.
Skene.

A. S. farende, itinerant.

FARAR, compar. Better.
Gawan and Gol.

FARCOST, s. A trading vessel.
Stat. Acc.

Su.G. farkost, any instrument of travelling.

FARAR, s. A traveller.
Douglas.

To FARD, FAIRD, v. a.
1. To paint.
Z. Boyd.
2. To embellish.
Compl. S.

Fr. fard-er, id. fard, paint.

Fard, s. Paint.
Z. Boyd.

FARD, adj. Weill fard, well favoured.
Lyndsay.

FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, s.
1. Course.
Douglas.
2. Force, ardour.
Bellenden.
3. To make a faird, to make a bustle.

Su. G. faerd, cursus, iter.

Ramsay.

FARDER, adj. Further, S.
R. Bruce.

FARDILLIS, s. pl. Shivers.
Gawan and Gol.

Teut. vier-deel, quadra.

FAREFOLKIS, s. pl. Fairies; fair-folk, Banffs.
Douglas.

Q. fair folk, or faring folk.

FARY, FARIE, s.
1. Bustle, tumult.
Dunbar.
2. Confusion, consternation.
V. Fiery.
Douglas.

FARING, s. Leading of an army.
Barbour.

Isl. faer-a, Su. G. foer-a, ducere, ducem esse.

FARLAND, adj. Coming from a distant country.
Maitland P.

A. S. feorlen, feorlend, longinquus.

FARLE, FARTHEL, FERLE, s. Properly, the fourth part of a thin cake, whether of flour or oatmeal; but now used often for a third, S.
Wodrow.

Teut. vier-deel; A. S. feorth dael, quarta pars.

FARRACH, s. Force, vigour, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Isl. faer, validus; Gael. farrach, force.

FARSY, adj. Having the farcy.
Dunbar.

Fr. farcin.

FARTIGAL, s. A fardingale.

Fr. vertugale, id.

Maitland P.

FAS, s. Hair.

A. S. feax, id.

Douglas.

To FASCH, FASH, v. a.
1. To trouble, applied to the body, S.
Baillie.
2. Denoting what pains the mind.
Baillie.
3. To molest, in a general sense, S.
Evergreen.
To fash one's thumb, to give one's self trouble, S.
Ramsay.

To Fasch, v. n.
1. To take trouble, S.
2. To be weary of, S.
Chron. S. P.
3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's self to trouble, S.

Fr. se fach-er, to grieve; Su. G. faas widen, tangere aliquem, to fash with, S.

Fasch, Fash, s.
1. Trouble, S.
Burns.
2. Pains taken about any thing, S.
3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.

Fascheous, Fashious, adj. Troublesome.

Fr. facheux, facheuse, id.

Baillie.

Facherie, Fr. Fashrie, s. Trouble, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

FASSE, s. A hair.
S. P. Repr.

FASSON, s. Fashion, S. B. fassin.
Complaynt S.

FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a deep red colour.
Acts Ja. VI.

FASTRINGIS-EWYN, s. The evening preceding the first day of the Fast of Lent. Fasterns-een, S.
Barbour.

Belg. Vastenavond, id.

FATHERBETTER, adj. Surpassing one's father, S. B.
Baillie.

Isl. faudrbetringr, id.

FATHER-BROTHER, s. A paternal uncle, S.
Skene.

Father-sister, s. A paternal aunt.
Id.

FATT'RILS, s. pl. Folds or puckerings, S. O.
Burns.

O. Fr. fatraille, trumpery.

FAUCH, FAW, FEWE, adj. Pale red, fallow; dun, Aberd.
Douglas.

A. S. fah, fealg, fealh, helvus.

To FAUCH, FAUGH, v. a.
1. To fallow ground, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. To beat. He faught him well, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Isl. faag-a, Su. G. faei-a, purgare.

Fauch, Faugh, adj. Fallow, not sowed, S.

Fauch, Faugh, s.
1. A single furrow, from lea, Ang.
2. The land thus managed, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
3. Applied to the tearing of character, Ang.

FAUCHT, pret. Fought.
V. Fecht.

FAUTE, FAWT.
V. Falt.

FAUCUMTULIES, s. pl. Perquisites due by the tenant to the proprietor, Ang.

FAVELLIS, pl. Perhaps, savours.
K. Hart.

FAULTOUR, s. A transgressor.
Lyndsay.

FAUSE-HOUSE, s. A vacancy in a stack, for preserving corns, q. false house.
Burns.

FAW, adj. Pale red.
V. Fauch.

Faw, adj. Of diverse colours.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. fag, fah, versicolor.

To FAW, FÁ, v. a.
1. To obtain.
Burns.
2. To have as one's lot, S.
Popular Ball.

Faw, FÁ, s.
1. Share, S.
Ross.
2. Lot, chance, S.
Burns.

FAW, FÁ, s. A fall, S.

To Shak a FÁ, s.
1. To wrestle, S.
Ross.
2. To strain every nerve, S. B.
Baillie.

Faw-cap, s. A stuffed cap for guarding a child's head from the bad effects of a fall, S. B.

FAW, s. A trap.
V. Fall.

FAWELY, adv. Few in number.
Wallace.

FAX, s. Face, visage.
Douglas.

Isl. fas, conspectus, gestus.

FAZART, adj. Dastardly.
Kennedy.

Su. G. fasar, horreo.

Fazart, s. A dastard.
Montgomerie.

FE, FEE, FEY, FIE, s.
1. Cattle.
Barbour.
2. Small cattle, sheep or goats.
Douglas.
3. Possessions, in general.
Barbour.
4. Money.
Wyntown.
5. Wages, S.
Statist. Acc.
6. Hereditary property in land.
Wyntown.
7. Hereditary succession.
Barbour.
8. Absolute property, as distinguished from liferent, LL. S.
Skene.

Isl. fe, Su. G. fae, A. S. feo, pecus, pecunia.

Fear, Fiar, s.
1. One to whom property belongs in reversion, S.
2. Connected with the term conjunct, a liferenter, S.
Skene.

FEALE, adj. Faithful, loyal, O. Fr. feal.
Bannatyne Poems.

FEATHER CLING, A disease of black cattle, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

To FEBLE, v. n. To become weak.
Barbour.

To Feblis, v. a. To enfeeble.

Fr. foiblesse, weakness.

Febling, s. Weakness.
Douglas.

To FECHT, v. a.
1. To fight; pret. faucht, fawcht.
Wyntown.

A. S. feaht-an, Germ. fecht-an, id.

2. To toil, S.
Burns.

Fecht, Facht, Faught, s.
1. Fight, S.
Douglas.
2. Struggle, of whatever kind, S.
Burns.

Fechtar, s. One engaged in fight, S.

A. S. feohtere, pugnator.

Wallace.

FEGHIE-LEGHIE, adj. A contemptuous term, conjoining the ideas of insipidity, inactivity, and diminutive size, Aberd.

FECK, FEK, s.
1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.
Dunbar.
2. The greatest part, S.
Wallace.
3. Of feck, of value.
Montgomerie.

A. S. faec, space, or Fr. effect.

Feckful, Feckfow, adj.
1. Wealthy, S. Feckfow-like having the appearance of wealth, S.
2. Possessing bodily ability, S.
Hamilton.
3. Powerful.
Ramsay.

Fecky, adj. Gaudy, S. B.
Ross.

Feckless, adj.
1. Weak, applied to the body, S.
Ross.
2. Feeble in mind.
Polwart.
3. Spiritless, Ang.

Feckly, Fectlie, adv.
1. Partly, S.
Watson.
2. Mostly, S.
Ross.
Fecklessness, s. Feebleness, S.
Rutherford.

FECKET, s. Under-waistcoat, S.
Burns.

FEDDERAME, FEDREM, s. pl. Wings.
Douglas.

A. S. faether-ham, a dress of feathers.

To FEDE, v. a. To nurture.
Sir Trist.

A. S. fed-an, educare; Su. G. foed-a, alere.

To FEE, FIE, v. a. To hire, S.
V. Fe.
Knox.

FEEDING STORM, One that is on the increase, S.
Baillie.

To FEEL, v. a. To smell, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FEENICHIN, adj. Foppish, Fife.

FEER for FEER, Every way equal, S. B.
V. Fere, companion.

FEERICHIN, adj. Bustling, S. B.
V. Fiery.

FEERIE, adj. Clever.
V. Fery.

FEETH, FEITH, s. A net, fixed and stretching into the bed of a river, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.

Moes. G. fatha, sepes; Dan. vod, a net.

To FEEZE, v. a. To twist, S. A.
Douglas.

To Feeze about,
1. To turn round, S.
2. To hang off and on, S. B.
Skinner.

Belg. vyz-en, id.

To Feeze on, v. a. To screw, S.

To Feeze aff, v. a. To unskrew, S.

To Feeze up, v. a.
1. To flatter, S.

Su. G. fias-a, id.

2. To work up into a passion, S.

FEY, FEE, FIE, adj.
1. On the verge of death, S.
Wallace.
2. Unfortunate, unhappy.
Douglas.
3. A fey puckle, a grain of corn, that has lost its substance, S. B.

Isl. feig-r, Su. G. feg, A. S. faege, moribundus, morti appropinquans, Belg. veeg, Fr. fÉe, fatal.

Feydom, s. The state of being near death, or that conduct which is supposed to indicate it, S.

FEY, s.
1. A fief, held of a superior.
Barbour.
2. A kingdom; improperly.
Wyntown.

FEY, s. A foe.
V. Fa.
Maitland Poems.

FEID, FEDE, s. Enmity; a quarrel, S.
Wallace.

Isl. faide, fed, Su. G. fegd, A. S. faehth, E. fewd.

Feidom, s. Enmity.
Evergreen.

FEIGH, FEECH, interj. Fy, S.
Ramsay.

Alem. fig-en, A. S. fi-an, odisse.

FEYK, s. Restlessness, proceeding from nervous affection, the fidgets.
V. Fyke.
Polwart.

FEIL, FEILE, FEILL, FELE, adj. Many.
Barbour.

Isl. fiol. pluralitas; A. S. feala, fela, many.

Fell, Fiel, adv. Denoting degree, S. as, fell weill.
Burns.

To FEIL, v. a. To understand.
Wallace.

Feil, Feille, s. Knowledge.
Dunbar.

FEIM, s. Foam.
V. Fame.

FEIR, s. Demeanour.
Bannatyne P.

Feir, Feare of Were, a warlike expedition.
Dunbar.

A. S. far-an, proficisci, fare, expeditio.

FEYR. In feyr, in company.
V. Fere.

FEYRD, fourth.
V. Ferd.

FEIRIS, belongs.
Houlate.

FEKIT, FYKIT, Troubled.
Wallace.

FELCOUTH. L. selcouth, strange.
Wallace.

To FELL, v. a. To kill, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To FELL, v. n. To befal.
Ross.

FELL, adj.
1. Hot, biting, S.
Burns.
2. Singular, strange, S.
3. Clever, mettlesome, S.
Keith.
4. Acute, transferred to mind, S.

To FELL, FELL OFF, v. a. To let out a net from a boat, S. B.
Law Case.

Su. G. faell-a, dejicere, demittere.

FELL, s. A rocky hill, S.
Wyntown.

Su. G. fiaell, a ridge or chain of mountains.

FELL-BLOOM, s. Yellow clover, S.

FELL SYIS, adv. Often.
Barbour.

FELLIN, s. A disease of cattle, S.

FELOUN, FELLOUN, adj.
1. Fierce.
Barbour.
2. Violent, dreadful.
Douglas.
3. Denoting any thing extreme.

Fr. felon, fellon, fell, cruel.

Wallace.

Felony, Felny, s.
1. Cruelty.
Barbour.
2. Wrath, fierceness.
Wyntown.

FELT, s. Creeping wheat-grass, S.
Statist. Acc.

FELT, s. Perhaps the same with fellin.
Watson.

To FELTER, v. a. To entangle, S. B.

Fr. feultrer, to cover with felt.

Ross.

FELT GRAVEL, the sandy gravel.
Spotswood.

FELTIFARE, s. The red shank, S.
Gl. Complaynt.

FEN, s. Mud, filth. A. S. fenn.
Douglas.

A. S. fenn, lutum, sordes, Moes. G. fani, lutum. Lat. foen-um.

To FEN.
V. Fend, v. 2.

To FEND, v. a. To tempt.
V. Faynd.
Barbour.

To FEND, FENDE, v. a.
1. To defend, S. Fr. de-fend-re, id.
Wallace.
2. To support.
Minstr. Bord.
3. To provide for one's self.
Rutherford.

To FEND, FEN, v. n.
1. To shift, S.
Chron. S. P.
2. To fare in general, S.

Fend, Fen, s. The shift one makes, S.
Douglas.

Fendie, adj. Good at making shift, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FENESTER, s. A window.
Douglas.

FENT, s. An opening in a sleeve, shirt, coat, &c. S.

Fr. fente, id.

FER, s. Preparation.
V. Fayr.
Barbour.

FER, adv. Far.
Douglas.

FERCOST, s. A bark.
V. Farcost.
Skene.

FERD, FEIRD, FEYRD, adj. Fourth.

Su. G. fiaerde, Isl. fiorda, id.

Douglas.

FERD, s. Force.
V. Faird.
Baillie.

FERDE, s. An army.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. faerd, id.

FERDELY, adv. Perh. actively.
Wallace.

FERDER, adv. Farther.
Douglas.

FERDY, FEIRDY, adj. Strong, active, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Su. G. faerdig, paratus.

FERDLY, adv. Fearfully; Bord.
Wallace.

FERE, adj. Fierce, Lat. ferus.
K. Quair.

FERE, s. Appearance, shew.
V. Fair.

FERE, FEER, s. A companion.

A. S. ge-fera, socius.

Barbour.
In fere, together.
Gawan and Gol.
Yfere, yferis, the same.
Douglas.

FERE, FER, adj. Entire.
Hale and fer, whole and entire, S.
Barbour.

Isl. faer, Su. G. foer, validus.

FERE of WEIR.
V. Feir.

FERETERE, s. A bier.
Douglas.

FERY, FEIRIE, FEERIE, adj. Vigorous, active, S.
Douglas.

Germ. ferig, expeditus, alacer.

Ferilie, Feerelie, adv. Cleverly, S.
Lyndsay.

FERIAT, adj. Feriat times, holidays.
Acts Sedt.

Lat. feriati dies; feriae, holidays.

FERIE-FARIE, s. Bustle.
V. Fary.

FERIS, v. n. Becomes.
V. Afferis.
Douglas.

FERYS, s. pl. Marks.
V. Fair.
Douglas.

FERYT, FERRYIT, pret. v. Farrowed.

Sw. faerria, porcellos parere.

Barbour.

FERYT, pret. v. Waxed.
Wallace.

FERITIE, s. Violence.
Bp. Forbes.

FERLIE, FERELY, FARLIE, s. A wonder, S.
Douglas.

A. S. faerlic, ferlic, repentinus; also, horrendus.

To Ferly, v. n. To wonder.
Douglas.

Ferlyfull, adj. Surprising.
Barbour.

FERLYST, L. Terlyst.
Wallace.

To FERME, v. a. To make firm.
Doug.

To FERME, v. a. To shut up.

Fr. ferm-er.

Douglas.

FERME, s. Rent, Fr.
Acts Ja. VI.

Fermorer, s. A farmer. L. B. firmar-ius.
Knox.

FERN, FEARN, s. Prepared gut. S. tharm, E.
Gl. Sibb.

FERNITICKLES, s. pl. Freckles, S.

Dan. fregne, id.

Fernitickled, Fairntickl'd, adj. Freckled, S.
Ritson.

FERNYEAR, FARNE-YEIR, s. The preceding year, S.
L. Hailes.

A. S. faren, past; or Moes. G. fairni, old.

Fernyear's Tale, a fabrication.
Sir Egeir.
S. fernyears news, any intelligence that has been known long ago.

FERRARIS, s. pl. Barell ferraris, casks for carrying liquids.
Barbour.

Fr. ferriÉre, a large leathern bottle.

FERRY COW, a cow that is not with calf, S.

Belg. vare koe, a cow that yields no more milk.

FERRYAR, FERREAR, s. A ferryman.
Acts Ja. I.
Douglas.

FERS. On fers. Perforce.
Henrysone.

FERSIE, s. The farcy, S.
Ferguson.

FERTER-LIKE, adj. Appearing ready for the bier or coffin, Aberd.
V. Fertour.
Poems Buchan Dial.

FERTOUR, FERTOR, s. A little chest.
Bellenden.

L. B. feretrum, a sarcophagus; whence O. Fr. fiertre, a chest in which reliques of saints were kept.

To FEST, v. a.
1. To fix.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. faesta, to fasten.

2. To confirm, by promise or oath.
Wallace.

To Fessin, v. a. To fasten.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Festnyng, s. Confirmation.
Wyntown.

A. S. faestnung, id.

To FETYL, v. n. To join closely.

Su. G. faetil, ligamen.

Wyntown.

FETTIL, FETTLE, s. Energy, power, S. B.
Ross.

To FETTLE, v. a. To tie up, S.

FETTLE, adj.
1. Neat, tight, S. B.
2. Low in stature, but well-knit, S. B.

FETOUS, adj. Neat, trim.
Ruddiman.

Fetusly, adv. Featly.
Douglas.

To FEUCH, FEUGH, s. To take a whiff, S. B.
Journal Lond.

Isl. fiuk-a, vento agitari.

Feuch, s. A whiff, S. B.

FEUCH, s. A sounding blow, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

FEVERFOULLIE, s. Feverfew, S.
Featherwheelie, S. B.

FEVER-LARGIE, s. Expl. Two stomachs to eat, and one to work.

FEU, FEW, s. A possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent. The mode of possession is also called few-ferme, the rent few-dutie, or few-maill, S.

A. S. feo, pecunia.

Acts Ja. VI.

Feuar, Fewar, s. One who holds lands in feu, S.

FEURE, s. Furrow.
V. Fur.

FEWE, adj. Fallow.
V. Fauch.

FEWLUME, s. A sparrow hawk.
Doug.

FEWS, FOUETS, s. pl. Houseleek.

FEWTÉ, s. Fealty. Fr. feautÉ.
Barbour.

To FEWTER, FUTER, v. a. To lock together.
Douglas.

Isl. fiaetr-a, compedibus constringere.

FEWTIR, s. Rage.
Wallace.

Isl. fudra, efflagro.

FIAL, FIALL, s.
1. One who receives wages.
Spalding.
2. A vassal.

O. Fr. feal, id.

Knox.

FIARS, s. pl. The prices of grain legally fixed for the year, S.

Fr. feur, estimatio venalium; or Isl. fiar, fear, the genit. of fe, fie, pecunia, opes.

FICHE, s. A fish.
Burel.

FICHYT, part. pa. Fixed.
Barbour.

FYCHYT, pret. Fetched.
Wyntown.

To FICKLE, v. a. To puzzle, Loth.
Wall.

A. S. ficol, versipellis, Su. G. vickla, complicare, in-vekla, to puzzle.

Fickly, adj. Puzzling, Loth.

FIDDER, s. A multitude.
V. Fudder.
Burel.

To FIDDLE, v. n. To trifle, though apparently busy, S.

Isl. fitl-a, leviter attingere.

FYDRING, s. Confederation.
Burel.

FIE, s. Sheep.
V. Fe.

FIEL, Burns.
V. Feil, adj.

FIER, s. Sound.
V. Fere.
A. Douglas.

FIERCELINGS, adj. Violent, S. B.
Ross.

Fiercelings, adv. Violently, S. B.
Ross.

FIERY, s.
1. Bustle, confusion, S.
2. Rage, pron. fieroch, furoch, Perths.

Su. G. fir-a, to celebrate.

Fiery-fary, s.
1. Bustle, S.
Lyndsay.
2. Shew, pretended bustle.
Baillie.

FIESE WILK, Striated whelk.
V. Feeze.
Sibbald.

FIFT, Houlate. L. in fist.

FY-GAE-BY, s. A ludicrous designation for the diarrhoea, S.

FYELL, PHIOLL, s. A round vaulted tower.
Palice Hon.

Lat. Phalae, towers of an oval form.

FIGMALIRIE, s. A whim.
Ramsay.

Apparently the same with Whigmaleerie, q. v.

To FIKE, FYKE, FEIK, v. n.
1. To be in a restless state, without change of place, S.
Cleland.
2. To move from place to place unsteadily, S.
Burel.
3. To be at trouble about any thing, S.

Su. G. fik-a, cursitare; fiack-a, hunc illuc vagari.

To Fike, Feik, v. a.
1. To vex, to perplex, S.
2. To do any thing in a diligent but piddling way, S.
Kelly.

Fike, Fyke, s.
1. Bustle about what is trifling, S.
Hamilton.
2. Restlessness, from whatever cause.
Ramsay.

Fikie, adj. Minutely troublesome, S.

Fikefacks, s. pl.
1. Minute pieces of work, causing considerable trouble, S.
2. Little troublesome peculiarities of temper, S.

Teut. fickfack-en, agitare, factitare.

FILCHANS, s. pl. Rags patched or fastened together, Ang.

To FYLE, FILE, v. a.
1. To defile, S.

A. S. ge-fyl-an, id.

Douglas.
2. To diffuse contagion.
Acts Ja. II.
3. To sully, used in a moral sense.
Douglas.
4. To accuse, a law term.
Fountainhall.
5. To pronounce guilty, S.
Reg. Maj.

FYLE, s. A fowl.
Houlate.

FILIBEG, PHILIBEG, FEIL-BEG, s. A piece of dress worn by men, in the Highlands, instead of breeches, S.

Gael. filleadh-beg; filleadh fold, and beg, little.

Boswell.

FILL, s. Full, S.

Su. G. fylle.

K. Quair.

FILLAT, FILLET, s. The flank.

Fr. filet, id.

Douglas.

FILLER, s. The only term used for a funnel, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FILLOK, FILLY, s.
1. A young mare, S.
2. A giddy young woman.
Douglas.
3. Filly, a frothy young man.
Bannatyne P.

Isl. foelja, fem. of fil, pullus equinus.

FILSCH, adj. Empty, faint, Loth.

FILSCH, s. Weeds or grass covering the ground, S. B.

Su. G. fel-a, fial-a, to cover.

Filschy, adj. Applied to a sheaf when swelled up with weeds or natural grass, S. B.

FIN, s. Humour; q. fun.
Gl. Shirr.

To FIND, v. a.
1. To feel, S.
Ramsay.
2. To grope, to grubble, S.

FINDY, adj. Full, substantial; q. what finds or supports.
Kelly.

FINDLE, s.
1. Any thing found, S.
2. The act of finding, S. B.

A. S. fyndele, adinventio.

FINDSILY, adj. Apt to find.
Kelly.

A. S. find-an, and saelig, felix.

To FINE, FYNE, v. n. To make an end.
Wyntown.

FINGER-FED, adj. Delicately brought up, S. A.

FINGERIN, s. Worsted spun of combed wool, on the small wheel, S.
Colvil.

Fingroms, s. pl. Woollen cloth, denominated, as would seem, from the quality of the worsted, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.

FYNYST, part. pa. Bounded.
Douglas.

FYNKLE, s. Fennel.
S. P. Repr.

Lat. foenicul-um.

FINNACK, FINNOC, FINNER, A white trout, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. feannog, id.

FINNER, s. A species of whale.
St. Acc.

FINNIE, s. A salmon not a year old, S. B.

FINNIN, s. A fiend, Ang.
Pitscottie.

Su. G. fanen, fianden, fanden; cacodaemon.

FINNISON, s. Anxious expectation, Fifes.

Teut. vinnigh, acer, vehemens.

To FIPPIL, v. n. To whimper.
Peblis Play.

FIPILLIS.
Maitland Poems.

Isl. fipla, attrectare.

FIR, adv. Far.
Gawan and Gol.

To FIRE, v. a. To bake bread, S.
J. Nicol.

FYREFANGIT, part. pa.
1. Laid hold of by fire.
Douglas.
2. Applied to cheese when swelled and cracked, from being exposed to much heat before it has been dried, S.

FIREFLAUCHT, FYIRSLAUCHT, s. Lightning, S.
Douglas.

Teut. vier, ignis, and vlack-en, spargere flammam; vierslaen, excutere ignem.

FYRIT, pret. v. Perh. dragged.
Bellenden.

FIRLOT, FYRLOT, FURLET, s. The fourth part of a boll of corn, S.
Acts Ja. I.

A. S. feorth, and lot, quarta portio.

FIRRON, FARREN, adj. Belonging to the fir.
Douglas.

FIRTH, s.
1. An estuary, S.
Bellenden.
2. A bay.
Douglas.

Su. G. fiaerd, Isl. fiord-r, fretum.

FIRTH, FYRTH, s. A sheltered place, an inclosure.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. frith-ian, tueri, protegere.

To FISSLE, v. n. To make a slight continued noise, to rustle, S.

Teut. futsel-en, agitare, factitare, attrectare.

Fissle, Fistle, s. Bustle, fuss, S.
Ross.

FIT, s. Foot, S.
Ferguson.

First-fit, s. The name given, in the calendar of superstition, to the person who first enters a house, on any day which is particularly regarded as influencing the fate of a family, S.
J. Nicol.

Fitsted, s. Print of the foot, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Fitty, Futty, adj. Expeditious, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.

Fittie-lan', s. The nearer horse of the hindmost pair in a plough, S. q. foot the land.
Burns.

Fitting, s. Footing, S.
Z. Boyd.

Fittininment, s. Interest, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To Fitter, v. a.
1. To injure by frequent treading, S.
2. v. n. To make a noise with the feet, S.

Belg. voeteer-en, to foot it.

Fitterin, s. The noise made by frequent and rapid motion of the feet, S.

To FITCH, v. n. To move by slow succussations, S.

FITHOWE, FITHAWE, s. A polecat.
Acts Ja. I.

FYVESUM, adj. Five together, S. A.

FIXFAX, s. The tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep, S.

FIXFAX, s. Hurry, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. fiks, alacer.

To FIZZ, v. n. To make a hissing noise, S.

Isl. fys-a, sufflare.

Burns.

Fizz, Fize, s. A hissing noise, S.

To FIZZ, FIZZ about, v. n.
1. To be in a bustling state, S.
2. To be in a rage, S.

A. S. fys-an, festinare; Isl. fys-a, instigare.

Fizz, s.
1. A great bustle, S.

Su. G. fias, id.

2. Rage, heat of temper, S.

FLA, s. A flea.

A. S. id.

Palice Hon.

FLACKIE, s. A truss made of straw, for preserving a horse's back from being hurt by the creel, Orkn.

To FLAF, FLAFF, v. n.
1. To flap, S.
Hudson.
2. To flutter.
Douglas.

To Flaffer, v. n. To flutter, S. B.

FLAG, s. A piece of green sward, cast with a spade, S.

Isl. flag-a, glebas tenues exscindere.

FLAG, s. A squall.

Teut. vlaeghe.

Doug.

FLAG, s. A flash of lightning.
Douglas.

Teut. vlack-en, vibrare instar flammae.

FLAGGIS, s pl. Flanks.
Dunbar.

FLAYIS. Leg. slayis.
Barbour.

FLAIK, FLAKE, FLATE, s.
1. A hurdle.
Wallace.
2. In pl. temporary folds or pens, S.
R. Bruce.

Fris. vlaeck, Su. G. flake, crates; flaet-a, Teut. vlecht-en, nectere.

FLAIN, FLANE, s. An arrow.
Douglas.

A. S. flane, id.

FLAIR, s. The skate, a fish.
Sibbald.

To FLAIRY, v. a. To cajole.
V. Flare.

FLAYT, pret. Scolded.
V. Flyte, v.

To FLAM, v. n. To fly out and in, S. B.
V. Flem.

To FLAME, FLAMM, v. a. To baste meat while roasting, S.
Dunbar.

Fr. flamb-er, id.

FLAN, FLANN, s. A gust of wind, S.

Isl. flan-a, praeceps ferri.

Brand.

FLANE, s. An arrow.
V. Flain.

To FLANTER,
1. To waver, to be in some degree delirious, Ang.
2. To faulter in evidence or narration, Ang.

Isl. flane, erroneus, praeceps fatuus.

To FLARE, v. a. To cajole, Loth.; flairy, Fife.

Isl. flaar, crafty, flaerd, guile.

Flare, s. Flattering language, Loth.

FLASH, s. A depository for timber, Loth.

To FLAST, v. n. To gasconade, S.

Isl. flas-a, praeceps feror.

To FLAT, v. a. To flatter.
Douglas.

Fr. flat-er, id.

FLAT, s. A field.
Douglas.

FLAT, s. Floor of a house.
V. Flet.

To FLATCH, v. a. To fold down, Loth.

FLATE, s. A hurdle.
V. Flaik.

FLATLYNYS, FLATLINGS, adv. Flat.
Barbour.

FLAUCHT, FLAUCHTER, FLAUCHIN, s. A flake, S.

Su. G. snoeflage, a flake of snow.

FLAUCHT, FLAUGHT, s. A handful, S. B.
Ross.

FLAUCHT of land, A croft, Ang.

FLAUCHTBRED, adv.
1. At full length, S. q. spread out in breadth.
Ross.

Su. G. flaeckt, spread.

2. With great eagerness, S.
Ross.

To FLAUCHTER, v. a. To pare turf from the ground, S. B.
V. Flag, s. 1.
Gl. Shirr.

Flauchter-fail, s. A long turf cut with a flauchter-spade, S.
Gl. Sibb.

Flauchter-spade, s. A long two-handed instrument for casting turfs, S.
Statist. Acc.

FLAW, s.
1. A blast of wind.
Douglas.
2. A storm of snow, Ang.
Statist. Acc.
3. A sudden flash of fire.
Wyntown.
4. Rage, passion, Ang.
V. Flag.

To FLAW, v. n. To fib.
Ramsay.

FLAW, pret. Flew.

A. S. fleah.

Doug.

FLAW. Fiery Flaw, The sting ray.
Sibbald.

FLAW, s.
1. An extent of land under grass, Orkn.
2. A broad ridge, ibid.

Isl. fla, planus, latus.

FLAW PEAT. A soft and spongy peat, pron. flow-peat, S.
V. Flow.
Walker.

FLAWKERTIS, s. pl. Armour for the legs.
Douglas.

FLAWMAND, part. pr. Displayed.
V. Flam, v.
Barbour.

FLEASOCKS, s. pl. The shavings of wood.

FLECH, (gutt.) s. A flea, S. B.

A. S. fleah.

FLEDGEAR, s. One who makes arrows.
Acts Ja. II.

Germ. flitsch, Fr. fleche, an arrow.

FLEED, s. A head ridge, Aberd.

FLEE, s. A fly, S.

Belg. vliege.

Z. Boyd.

FLEEGERIE, FLEEGARIE, s.
1. A whim, S.
2. In pl. toys, gewgaws, S.
Ramsay.

To FLEG, v. a. To affright, S.
Ramsay.

To Fleg, v. n. To take fright, S. B.

Fleg, s. A fright, S.
Ramsay.

To FLEG, v. n. To fly from place to place, Dumfr.

A. S. fleog-an, volare.

FLEG, s. A stroke.
Hamilton.

FLEGGAR, s. One who magnifies in narration, Loth.

Su. G. flick-a, to patch; skoflickare, a cobler.

To FLEY, FLEE, v. a.
1. To frighten, S.
Douglas.
2. To put to flight, S.

To Fley, Fly, v. n. To take fright, S. B.
Ross.

FLEY. Leg. Sley, sly.
Barbour.

To FLEICH, FLEITCH, v. a. To wheedle, S.
Barbour.

Teut. flets-en, adulari, blandiri.

Fleich, Fleech, s. A piece of flattery.
Kelly.

Fleiching, Flechyng, s. Flattery, S.
Douglas.

Fleicher, Flechour, Fleitschour, s. A flatterer.

Teut. fletser.

Wyntown.

FLEIG, s. Flight.
Bellenden.

FLEYITNES, s. Affright.
Complaynt S.

FLEYNE. Vnto fleyne, On flight.
Douglas.

To FLEIP, v. a.
V. Flype.

To FLEYR, v. n. To make wry faces; also, to whimper, Ang.
Many.

To FLEIT, v. a. To flee from.
Douglas.

Belg. vlied-en, id.

To FLEIT, FLETE, v. n.
1. To flow.
Dunbar.

Su. G. flyt-a, Teut. vliet-en, fluere.

2. To float.
Evergreen.
3. To sail.
Barbour.
4. To abound.
Lyndsay.

FLEYSUM, adj. Frightful, S.
V. Fley.

To FLEKKER, FLYKER, v. n.
1. To flutter, S.
Wallace.
2. To quiver, to tremble.
Douglas.

Su. G. fleckra, motitari, A. S. fliccer-ian, id.

FLECKERIT, adj. Spotted.
Gawan and Gol.

To FLEM, FLEME, v. a. To banish, to expel.
Wallace.

A. S. ge-flem-an, fugare; Isl. flaeme, exulare facio, whence flaemingr, an exile, an outlaw.

Flemens-firth, s. An asylum for outlaws.
Lay Last Minstrel.

FLENCH-GUT, s. Blubber of a whale laid out in long slices, S.

Su. G. flanka, to slice.

To FLEND, v. n. To flee.
Lyndsay.

FLENDRIS, FLENDERS, FLINDERS, s. pl. Splinters.
Douglas.

Belg. flenters, splinters, fragments.

FLEOURE, FLEURE, FLEWARE, FLEWER, FLEOWRE, s. Flavour.

Fr. flair, odor.

Wyntown.

FLESCHE, s. Fleece.
Dunbar.

A. S. fleos, flys, id.

FLET, pret. v.
V. Flyt, to scold.

FLET, adj. Prosaic.
Complaynt S.

FLET, FLETT, s.
1. A house.
Ross.

A. S. flett, id.

2. The inward part of a house.
LL. S.
3. A floor or story of a house; commonly flat, S.
Courant.

FLET, s. A matt of plated straw, for preserving a horse's back from being injured by his load, Caithn.
Statist. Acc.

FLET, s. A saucer, S.

Isl. fleda, id.

FLET, pret. Floated.
V. Fleit.

FLETE, s. Product.
Douglas.

Belg. vliet-en, abundare.

To FLETHER, v. a. To decoy by fair words.
V. Fludder.
Burns.

FLEUME, FEUME, s. Phlegm.
Complaynt S.

To FLEURIS, v. n. To flourish.
Lyndsay.

Fleurise, Flureise, s. Blossom, S.
Complaynt S.

FLEWET, FLUET, s. A smart blow.
Kelly.

FLYAME, s. Phlegm.
Polwart.

FLICHEN, s. Any thing very small, Dumfr.

To FLICHT, v. n. To fluctuate.

A. S. flogett-an, id.

Dunbar.

To FLICHT, v. n. Same with Flyte.
Lyndsay.

To FLICHTER, FLYCHTER, v. n.
1. To flutter, S.
Burel.
2. To quiver, to throb.
Douglas.
3. To startle, S. B.
V. Flekker.

To FLICHTER, FLIGHTER, v. a. To pinion, S.
Wodrow.

Teut. vlicht-en, nectere.

To FLICKER, v. a. To coax, S.

Su. G. fleckra, adulari.

To FLICKER, v. n. To flirt.
Popul. Ball.

To FLYDE, v. n. To fly.
Maitland P.

Teut. vlied-en, id.

FLIEP, s. A silly inactive fellow, Aberd.
V. Flup.

FLYND, s. Flint.
Gawan and Gol.

To FLINDER, v. n. To run about in a fluttering manner. Aug.

Isl. flan-a, praeceps feror.

FLINDERS.
V. Flendris.

FLINDRIKIN, s.
V. Flinder, v.
Watson's Coll.

Flindrikin, adj. Flirting, Fife.

To FLING, v. a.
1. To baffle, to deceive, S.
2. To jilt. S.
Morison.

Fling, s.
1. A disappointment, in general, S.
2. A disappointment in love, in consequence of being jilted, S.
A. Douglas.
3. A fit of ill humour. To tak the fling, to become unmanageable.
Bannatyne Poems.

Flingin-tree, s.
1. A piece of timber used as a partition between horses. S.
2. The lower part of a flail, S.
Burns.

To FLING, v. n.
1. To dance.
Knox.

Fling, s. The act of dancing, S.
Neill.
Hence the Highland fling.

To FLIPE, FLYPE, v. a. To pull off any thing, by turning it inside out, S.
Lyndsay.

Isl. flipa, the pendulous lip of a wound.

Flipe, s. A fold, a lap, S.
Cleland.

FLIRDON, s.
Montgomerie.

To FLYRD, v. n. To flirt.
Dunbar.

A. S. fleard-ian, nugari.

To FLYRE, v. n.
1. To gibe, S. B.
Houlate.

Isl. flyr-a, subridere, E. fleer.

2. To leer, S. B.
Popular Ball.
3. To look surly, Ang.
Morison.

FLYRIT, Not understood.
Maitland P.

FLYROCK, s. A term of contempt.
Dunbar.

To FLISK, v. n.
1. To skip, to caper, S.
Cleland.

Su. G. flas-a, lascivire, Isl. id. praeceps ferri.

2. To be fliskit, to be fretted, Fife.
A. Douglas.

To FLIST, v. n.
1. To fly off, S.
2. To be in a violent emotion, S. B.
Ross.
3. It's flistin, it rains and blows at once, S. B.

Teut. flits-en, evolare, Sw. flaes-a, anhelare.

Flist, s.
1. A squall, Ang.
2. A flying shower of snow, Ang.
3. A fit of anger, Ang.

Flisty, adj.
1. Stormy, squally, Ang.
2. Passionate, irascible, Ang.

To FLIT, FLYT, v. a.
1. To transport in whatever way, S.
Burns.
2. To transport by water.
Barbour.

Su. G. flytt-a. transportare ab uno loco ad alterum. Isl. flytt-ia, vecto.

To Flit, Flyt, v. n. To remove from one house to another, S.
Kelly.

Dan. flytt-er, id.

Flitting, s.
1. The act of removing from one place of residence to another, S.
2. The furniture, &c. removed, S.
Wyntown.
3. A moonlight flitting, removal without paying one's debts, S.
Ramsay.

To FLYTE, FLITE, v. n.
1. To scold, S. pret. flet, anciently flayt.
Douglas.

Flyting Free with one, under no such restraint as to prevent severe reprehension, S.

A. S. flit-an, rixare, to brawle, Somner.

2. To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance.
Wallace.

Flyte, Flyt, s. A severe reprehension, continued for some time, S.
Ritson.

Flyter, s. One given to scolding, S.
Rollocke.

Flyting, s.
1. The act of scolding, S.
Baillie.
2. Poetry of that kind which the French call tenson.
Evergreen.

Flytepock, s. The double-chin, S. B., denominated from its being inflated when one is in a rage.

Flytewite, Flycht-vyte, s. A fine for verbal abuse or broils.
Skene.

A. S. flit-wite, id. from flit, strife, and wite, a fine.

To FLOAN, FLOAN on. v. a. To shew attachment or court regard, in an indiscreet way; a term applied to females, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. flon, stolidus, flana, praeceps feror.

FLOBBAGE, s. Phlegm.
Lyndsay.

Sw. flabb, bucca, Dan. flab, the mouth.

FLOCHT, FLOUGHT, s.
1. On flocht, on wing.
Douglas.
2. State of being fluttered, S. B. a flocht, id.
Burel.
3. Fluctuation.
Dunbar.

Alem. flught, flight; A. S. flogett-an, fluctuare.

Flochtry, Floughtrous, adj. Fluttered, in a flurry, S. B.
Ross.

To FLODDER, FLOTTER, v. a.
1. To overflow.
Douglas.
2. To blur, by weeping, synon. bluther.
Douglas.

FLOYT, s. A flatterer or deceiver.
Polwart.

Teut. fluyte, mendacium blandum; fluyt-en, mentiri, blande dicere.

FLOOK, FLEUK, s.
1. A generic name for various kinds of flat fish, S.
Sibbald.
2. Most generally used to denote the common flounder, S.

A. S. floc, passer.

Flook-mow'd, adj. Having a crooked mouth, S. B.

FLOOKED, adj. Barbed.
Z. Boyd.

FLORENTINE, s. Any thing baked in a dish, S.

FLORIE, adj. Vain, volatile, S.

Teut. flore, homo futilis.

Sir J. Sinclair.

FLOSS, s. The leaves of red Canary grass, Orkn.

FLOT, s. The scum of broth when boiling, S.

Su. G. flot, adeps, qui juri supernatat.

Flot-whey, s. Those curds, left in whey, which, when boiled, float on the top; Clydes. Fleetings, Ang.
Complaynt S.

FLOTE. s. A fleet.

A. S. flota.

Barbour.

FLOTHIS, s. pl. Floods.
Wallace.

Alem. flout, a stream.

To FLOTTER.
V. Flodder.

FLOTTRYT, pret. Splashed.
Wallace.

Belg. flodder-en, to flap.

FLOUGHT, s. Flutter.
V. Flocht.

FLOUR, s. The meal of wheat, S.

Flour-bread, s. Wheaten bread, S.
St. Acc.

FLOURE JONETT, s. Perhaps flowers in July, in O. Fr. called Junet.
K. Quair.

FLOURIS, s. pl. Prime of life.
Lyndsay.

FLOURISH, s. Blossom, S.

FLOUSS, s. A flood.

Germ. fluss.

Barbour.

FLOW, s. A particle, S. B.

A. S. floh, a fragment.

FLOW, FLOWE, FLOW-MOSS, s.
1. A watery moss, a morass, S.
Pitscottie.

Isl. floe, loca palustria, a floe, fluo.

2. A low-lying piece of rough watery land, not broken up, Loth.

FLOWAND, adj. Inconstant.
Bellenden.

Isl. flog, vagus.

FLUD, FLUDE, s.
1. Inundation, S.
Wyntown.
2. Flux of tide, S.
Id.

Fludmark, s. Water-mark, S.

To FLUDDER, FLUTHER, v. n. To cajole.

Isl. fladra, adulari.

S. P. Repr.

FLUFF'D, part. pa. Disappointed.
Gl. Shirr.

FLUM, s. Flattery.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FLUM, s. Flow, metaph. used like flumen ingenii, Cic.

O. Fr. id.

Douglas.

FLUNKIE, s. A livery servant, S.
Burns.

A. S. vlonce, pride.

FLUP, s. One both awkward in appearance, and foolish, Ang. Clydes. Fliep, Aberd. Floip, Perths.

Isl. fleip, ineptiae; Su. G. fleper, homo ignavus.

FLURDOM, FLYRDOM, s.
Kennedy.

FLURISFEVER, s. The scarlet fever, S. B. denominated from the ruddiness of the skin.

FLURISH, FLOURISH, s. Blossom, S.
Hume.

FLUSCH, s.
1. A run of water.
Doug.
2. Snow in a state of dissolution, S.
3. Abundance, generally applied to liquids, S.

Germ. fluss, aqua vel humor fluens.

To FLUSTER, v. n. To be in a bustle, S.

Isl. flaust-r, praecipitantia, flaustr-a, incaute festinare.

Fluster, s. Bustle, confusion proceeding from hurry, S.

FLUTCH, s. An inactive person, Loth.

Teut. flauw, languidus.

Flutchy, adj. Inactive, Loth.

To FLUTHER, v. n. To be in a great bustle, S.

Su. G. fladdr-a, id. E. flutter.

Fluther, s. Hurry, bustle, S.
A. Douglas.

FLUTHER, s. Rise in a river, not so great as a spate, S. B.
V. Flodder.

FOAL, s. A bannock or cake, any soft and thick bread, Orkn.

Belg. bol, a small loaf.

FOCHE, s. A pretence.
Diallog.

Su. G. puts, a fetch, techna.

FODE, FOODE, FWDE, s. Brood.
Ritson.

Su. G. affoeda, id. from foed-a, gignere.

FODGEL, adj. Squat and plump, S. O.
Burns.

Teut. voedsel, Isl. faedsla, cibus.

FOG, FOUGE, s. Moss, S.
Dunbar.

Dan. fug, mossiness.

To Fog, v. n. To be covered with moss, S.
Pennecuik.

Foggit, adj. Supplied with moss; metaph. supplied in any respect; weel-foggit, well-furnished, S.
Shirrefs.

Foggie, adj.
1. Mossy, S.
A. Douglas.
2. Dull, lumpish.
Z. Boyd.

To Fog, v. a. To eat heartily, S. B.

FOGGIE, s. An invalid, or garrison soldier, S.

Su. G. fogde, formerly, one who had the charge of a garrison.

FOY, s.
1. An entertainment given to one about to leave any place of residence, or go abroad, S.
Morison.
2. Metaph., as equivalent to wishing one a good journey.

Belg. de fooi geeven, Sw. dricka foi, coenam profectitiam dare.

FOYNYIE, FUNYIE, s. The wood-martin, or beech-martin, S.
K. Quair.

Fr. fouine, id.

FOIR GRANDSYR, Great-grandfather.
Acts Ja. I.

FOISON, FUSIOUN, s.
1. Abundance.

Fr. foison, id.

Barbour.
2. Pith, ability, S.
Ross.

Foisonless, adj. Without strength, S.
Kelly.

FOLD, s. Ground.
Wallace.

A. S. folde, id.

FOLY, adj. Belonging to fools.
Doug.

Su. G. fiollig, foolish.

Foliful, adj. Foolish.
Complaynt S.

FON, FONE, s. pl. Foes.
K. Quair.

To FON, v. n. To play the fool.
Lyndsay.

O. E. fonne, id.; Isl. faan-a, fatue se gerere.

To Fone, v. a. To fondle.
Peblis Play.

To FONDE, FOUND, v. a.
1. To go.
Barbour.
2. To found off, to go from.
Wallace.

A. S. fund-ian, tendere.

FONERIT, L. seuerit.
Dunbar.

FONNED, adj. Prepared; ill-fonned, ill-prepared, Ang.

A. S. fund-ian, disponere.

FOOLYIE, s. Gold leaf, S.

Belg. foeli.

FOOR-DAYS.
V. Furedays.

To FOOT, v. a. To strike with the foot, Ang.

FOR, an inseparable particle, which implies negation, excess, intension, or vitiation.

FOR, conj. Because.
Wyntown.

FOR, prep. Denoting quality.

Su. G. foer, id.

FOR, prep. Against.

A. S. id.

Barbour.

FORAT, adv. Forward, S.
J. Nicol.

FORAIVERT, part. pa. Much fatigued, S. B.

FORBEFT, part. pa. In great perturbation.
Barbour.

A. S. for, and beof-ian, trepidare.

FORBEIT, pret. L. forleit.
Dunbar.

FORBY, prep.
1. Past.
Barbour.
2. Over and above.
Bellenden.

Su. G. foerbi, Dan. forbie, by, past.

Forby, Forebye, adv.
1. Past.
Minst. Bord.
2. Besides, S.
Burel.

FORBLED, part. pa. Faint, from loss of blood.
Douglas.

FORBODIN, part. pa.
1. Forbidden.
R. Bruce.
2. Unlawful.
Douglas.

A. S. forbiod-an, to forbid.

3. Unhappy, S.
Ruddiman.

FORBREIST, s.
1. Forepart of a garment.
Douglas.
2. Van of an army.
Wallace.

A. S. fore-breost, thorax.

FORCEAT, s. A galley-slave.
Hudson.

Fr. forÇat, id.

FORCY,
V. Forsye.

FORCHASIT, part. pa. Overchased.
K. Hart.

FOR-CRYIT, part. pa. Worn out with crying.

Belg. verkryt-en, id.

Dunbar.

FORD, s.
1. Way.
Wallace.

Su. G. fort, via communis.

2. Metaph. means to attain an end.
Wallace.

FORDEIFIT, part. pa. Deafened.
Pal. Hon.

FORDEL, s.
1. The precedence.
Doug.

Teut. veur-deel, primae partes.

2. Progress, S. B.

Teut. veur-deel, promotio.

Fordel, adj. Prepared, Ang.

Fordals, s. pl. Stock not exhausted, Buchan.

FORDELYD, part. pa. Wasted.
Wyntown.

A. S. fordilg-ian, delere, obruere.

To FORDER, v. a. To forward, S.

Su. G. fordr-a, id.

Fordersum, adj. Expeditious, S. B.
Ramsay.

FORDYD, pret. Destroyed.
Barbour.

A. S. fordo-n, to waste.

To FORDYN, v. a. To resound.
Doug.

For intens. and A. S. dyn-an, strepere.

To Fordyn, v. n. To overpower with noise.
Douglas.

FORDOUERIT, part. pa. Stupified.

Teut. verdoor-en, infatuare.

Doug.

To FORDRIUE, v. a. To drive out of the right course.
Douglas.

A. S. fordrif-an, abripere.

FORDRUNKIN, part. pa. Very drunk.

A. S. for-drenc-an, inebriare.

Doug.

FORDULLIT, part. pa. Greatly confused.
Pal. Hon.

FORDWARD, FORDWART, FORTHWART, s. A paction.

A. S. for-word, pactum.

Wallace.

FORDWARTE, adv. Forward.
Doug.

FORDWEBLIT, part. adj. Greatly enfeebled, S. B.
V. Dwable.
Pop. Ball.

FORE, prep. Signifying priority.
To the fore.
1. Still remaining or surviving, S.
Wodrow.
2. Saved as a stock, S.
Baillie.
3. Having the start of, S.
Baillie.

FORE, s. Help, furtherance, S.

FORE-ANENT, FORNENCE, FORNENS, FORNENTIS, FORNENT, prep. Directly opposite to, S.
Bellenden.

FOREBEARIS, s. pl. Ancestors, S.
Wallace.

A. S. fore, and bear-an, to bring forth.

FORECASTEN, part. pa. Neglected.
Rutherford.

Su. G. foerkast-a, abjicere.

FORGANE, FOREGAINST, prep. Opposite to.
Douglas.

FOREHANDIT, adj. Rash, S. B.

FORELDERIS, s. pl. Ancestors.

Su. G. foeraeldrar, id.

Wyntown.

FORENAIL'D, part. pa. Applied to money which is spent before it be gained.

Teut. verniel-en, consumere.

FORENICHT, s. The interval between twilight and bed-time, S.

Teut. veur-nacht, prima pars noctis.

FORESKIP, s. Precedence of another in a journey, S. B.

FORESPEAKER, s. An advocate.

A. S. forespeca, prolocutor.

Reg. Maj.

FORESTAM, s.
1. Prow of a ship.
Douglas.
2. The forehead, S. B.
Ruddiman.

Su. G. stamm, pars navis prima.

FORETERES, s. Fortress.
Douglas.

To FORFAIR, v. a. To waste.
Reg. Maj.

To Forfair, Forfar, v. n. To perish.
Wallace.

A. S. forfar-an, perdere, perire.

Forfairn, part. pa.
1. Forlorn, S.
Ross.
2. Old-fashioned, S. B.
Ross.
3. Worn out, jaded, S.
Burns.

To FORFALT, FORFAULT, v. a. To attaint.
Bellenden.

Forfalt, s. Forfeiture.
Bellenden.

Forfaultrie, s. Forfeiture.
Baillie.

FORFANT, adj. Overcome with faintness.
Burel.

FORFLITTEN, part. pa. Severely scolded.
Gl. Sibb.

FORFOUCHT, FORFOUCHTEN, part. pa.
1. Exhausted with fighting.

Belg. vervecht-en, id.

Wallace.
2. Greatly fatigued.
Sir Egeir.

To FORGADER, FORGATHER, v. n.
1. To convene.
Douglas.
2. To meet in a hostile manner.
Pitscottie.
3. To meet accidentally, S.
Ramsay.
4. To be united in marriage, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. ver-gaeder-en, congregare, convenire.

FORGANE,
V. Foregainst.

FORGEIT, pret. Let fly.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. forga-n, dimittere.

FORGETTIL, adj. Forgetful, S. B.

A. S. forgytel, id.

To FORHOW, v. a. To forsake, S. B.

A. S. forhog-ian, spernere.

Douglas.

Forhoware, s. A deserter.
Douglas.

FORJESKET, part. pa. Jaded, S.
Burns.

Dan. for and jask-er, to rumple.

FORINGIT, part. pa. Banished.

Fr. forain.

King's Quair.

FORJIDGED, part. pa. Same with forjeskit, S. B.

O. Fr. forjug-er, to condemn wrongfully.

FORK. To stick a fork in the waw, to throw the pains of a woman in labour on her husband, S.

FORKY, adj. Strong.
Dunbar.

FOR-KNOKIT, part. pa. Worn out with knocking.

To FORLAY, v. n. To lie in ambush.

Teut. verlaegh-en, insidiari.

Gl. Sibb.

To FORLANE, v. a. To give.
Gl. Sibb.

Su. G. foerlaen-a, donare.

FORLAINE, part. pa. Left alone.

A. S. forlaeg-an, negligi.

Henrysone.

FORLANE, part. pa. Lain with carnally.
Douglas.

A. S. forleg-an, fornicata est.

FORLANE, adj. Importunate.
Dunbar.

Su. G. foerlaegen, solicitus.

To FORLEIT, FORLETE, v. a. To forsake.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. forlaet-an, Su. G. foerlaet-a, id.

To FORLEITH, v. a. To loath, S. A.

Teut. ver-leed-en, fastidire.

Gl. Sibb.

Forlethie, s. A surfeit, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

To FORLY, v. a. To lie with carnally.

A. S. forlig-an, fornicari.

Barbour.

FOR-LYIN, part. pa. Fatigued with lying too long in bed.
King's Quair.

Teut. verleghen, fessus.

FORLYNE, part. pa.
V. Forly.

To FORLOIR, v. n. To become useless, from languor.
Dunbar.

Forlore, part. pa. Forlorn.

A. S. forleor-an, perdere.

FORLOPPIN, part. pa. Fugitive.

Teut. verloop-en, to run away.

Doug.

FORMEKIL, adj. Very great.
Douglas.

FORMOIS, adj. Beautiful.
Lyndsay.

Lat. formos-us.

FORNE. To forne, adv. Formerly.

A. S. forne, prius.

Douglas.

FORNENT, prep. Concerning.
Watson.

FOROUCH, FOROUTH, prep. Before, as to time.
Barbour.

FOROUTH, FORROW, A forrow, adv.
1. Before, as to time.
Dunbar.
2. Before, as to place.
Barbour.

Germ. vorig, prior, Sw. foerut, before.

Forowsein, Foreseen.
Barbour.

FOROWT, FOROWTYN, prep.
1. Without.
Barbour.
2. Besides.
Wyntown.

Sw. foerutan, absque; praeter.

FORPET, s. The fourth part of a peck, S.
Ritson.

FOR-PLEYNIT, part. pa. Worn out with complaining.
King's Quair.

To FORRAY, v. a. To pillage.
Barbour.

Fr. fourrag-er, to ravage.

Forray, s.
1. The act of foraging.
Barbour.
2. A predatory excursion.
Wallace.
3. The party employed in carrying off the prey.
Wallace.
4. The prey itself.
Wyntown.
3. Advanced guard of an army.
Wyntown.

Forreouris, s. pl. A foraging party.

O. Fr. forrier.

Wallace.

FORRET, s.
1. Forehead.
Douglas.
2. Metaph., the brow of a hill.
Douglas.

FORRET, adv. Forward, S.
Ross.

To FORREW, v. n. To repent exceedingly. Forrwyd, pret.
Wyntown.

FORRYDAR, s. One who rides before an armed party.

Sw. foerridare.

Wallace.

FORROWN, FORRUN, part. pa. Exhausted with running.
Wallace.

FORS, FORSS, s. A current.
Wallace.

Su. G. fors, cataracta fluminis.

To FORS, v. n. To care.
Dunbar.

Fr. faire force, id.

FORS, FORCE, s. Necessity. Off fors, on force, of necessity.
Douglas.

FORSAMEKILL, conj. For as much.
Stat. Dav. II.

FORSCOMFIST, part. pa.
1. Overcome with heat, S.
V. Scomfist.
2. Nearly suffocated by a bad smell, S.

To FORSET, v. a.
1. To overpower with work, S.
2. To surfeit, S.

Teut. ver-saet-en, obsaturare.

Forset, s.
1. The act of overpowering, S.
2. A surfeit, S.

FORSEL, s. A matt for defending a horse's back, Orkn.

Su. G. foer, before, and Isl. sile, the handle of the dorsets.

FORSY, FORCY, FORSS, adj. Powerful. Superl. forseast.
Wallace.

FORSLITTIN, part. pa. L. forflittin, scolded to excess.
Philotus.

To FORSPEAK, v. a.
1. To injure, according to vulgar superstition, by immoderate praise, S. O. E.
Gl. Sibb.
2. To consecrate by charms.

Hence, Fore-spoken water, Orkn.

Belg. voorspook, an omen.

Brand.

Forespeaking, s. Such commendation as is supposed thus to injure the person or thing spoken of, S.
Statist. Acc.

To FORSTÁ, v. a. To understand, S.

Su. G. foersta-n, id.

Ross.

FORSTARIS, s. A female inhabitant of a forest.
Douglas.

To FORSURNE, v. a. To spend.

Teut. versorg-en, curare.

K. Hart.

FORSWIFTIT, part. pa. Strayed.
Douglas.

Sw. foer, intensive, and swaef-a, to wander.

FORTAIVERT, part. pa. Much fatigued, S.

FORTHENS, adv. At a distance.
Doug.

FORTHERSUM, FORDERSUM, adj.
1. Rash; S. B.
Ross.
2. Forward in manner, S. B.
Ross.
3. Of an active disposition, S. B.

FORTHGENG, s. The entertainment given when a bride leaves her father's house, Ang.

A. S. forthgang, exitus.

FOR-THI, FORTHY, conj. Therefore.

A. S. id.

Wyntown.
Nocht for thi, nevertheless.
Barbour.

FORTHY, adj. Forward.
Pitscottie.

To FORTHINK, v. a. To repent of.
Wallace.

A. S. forthenc-an, perperam cogitare de.

Forethinking, s. Repentance.
Z. Boyd.

FORTHYR, s. Furtherance.
Wallace.

FORTY, adj. Brave.

Fr. fort.

Douglas.

FORTHWART, s. Precaution.
Wallace.

A. S. forward, id.

FORTRAVALIT, FORTRAWAILLYT, part. pa. Greatly fatigued, S.
Barbour.

To FORVAY, FORUEY, FORWAY, v. n. To go astray.
Douglas.

For negat. and way.

Forway, s. An error.
Douglas.

FORWAKIT, part. pa. Worn out with watching, S.

Belg. vervaakt.

Wyntown.

FORWALLOUIT, part. pa. Greatly faded by reason of sickness, fatigue, &c., S.
King's Quair.

FORWARD, s. Paction.
V. Fordward.
Sir Tristrem.

FORWEPIT, part. pa. Worn out with weeping.
King's Quair.

FORWONDRYT, part. pa. Greatly surprised.
Barbour.

FORWORTHIN, part. pa. Execrable.

A. S. for-weorth-an, perire.

Dunbar.

FORWROCHT, part. pa. Overtoiled.

Belg. verwerkt, id.

Douglas.

FORYAWD, part. adj. Worn out with fatigue, Loth., perhaps for foryede, q. over-walked.

To FORYEILD, v. a. To recompense.
Douglas.

A. S. for-geild-an, compensare.

FORYEING, part. pr. Foregoing.

A. S. forga-n, praeire.

Dunbar.

To FORYET, FORYHET, v. a. To forget, S. B.
Wyntown.

FORYOUDENT, adj. Overcome with weariness, Ang., perhaps q. over-yielded.

FOS, FOSS, s. Pit for drowning.
V. Pit.

FOSSA, s. Grass growing among stubble, Ang.

L. B. fossae.

FOSTEL, s. A cask.
King Hart.

Fr. fustaille, id.

FOSTER, s. Progeny, Sw. id.
Gl. Sibb.

To FOTCH, FOUTCH, FOCH, v. a.
1. To change situation.
R. Bruce.
2. To shift horses in a plough.
3. To exchange in any way, S. B.

To Fotch, v. n. To flinch.
Evergreen.

Isl. fetta, retrorsum flectere.

FOTHYR, s. A cart-load.
V. Fudder.

FOU, s. A pitch-fork.
Buchan.

FOUD, s. The president of the Supreme Court formerly held in the Orkney Islands.
Barry.

Su. G. fogde, fougte, praefectus.

FOUL, adj. Wet, rainy, S.
Ross.

To FOUND, v. n. To go.
V. Fonde.

To FOUNDER, v. a. To fell, S.

FOUNE, adj. Belonging to fawns.
Doug.

FOURHOURS, s. The time of drinking tea; four being the ancient hour for the afternoon beverage, S.
Watson.

FOURNEUKIT, adj. Quadrangular, S.
Bellenden.

FOURSOM, used as a s., four in company, Lanerks.
King Hart.

FOUSEE, FOUSY, s. A ditch.
Douglas.

Fr. fossÉ.

To FOUTCH, v. a. To exchange.
V. Fotch.

Foutch, s. An exchange, S. B.

FOUTH, FOWTH, s. Abundance, S.

Q. fulth, or Teut. vulte, id.

Douglas.

Fouth, adj. Abundant.
Kelly.

FOUTY, FUTIE, adj. Mean, base, S.

Fr. foutu, a scoundrel.

Hamilton.

FOUTTOUR, FOUTRE, s. A term expressive of the greatest contempt, S.

Fr. foutre, to lecher.

Lyndsay.

FOW, FU', adj.
1. Full, S.
Diallog.
2. Saturated with food, S.
Kelly.
3. Drunk, S.

Su. G. full, id.

Ross.

FOW, s. A club; Fr. fÛt.
Priests Peblis.

Half-fow, adj. Fuddled, S.

Sw. half-full.

FOWE and GRIIS, different kinds of fur.
Sir Tristrem.

FOWMARTE, s. A polecat, S.
Acts Ja. I.

O. Fr. ful, fetid, and merder, a martin.

FOWSUM, FOUSUM, adj.
1. Luscious, S.
Ferguson.
2. Obscene, gross.
Chron. S. P.
3. Nauseous, E. fulsome.
Ross.

A. S. ful, impurus, obscoenus, and sum.

Fowsumlie, adv. Loathsomely large.
Bellenden.

FOWSUM, adj. Somewhat too large, S. B. from fow, full.

To FOX, v. n. To dissemble.
Baillie.

Isl. fox-a, fallere.

To FOZE, v. n. To become mouldy, Perths. E. fust.

FOZY, adj.
1. Spungy, porous, S.
2. Applied to one who is purfled, or blawn up, S. B.
3. Deficient in understanding, S. B.

A. S. wosig, humidus, Teut. voos, spongiosus.

FRA, FRAY, FRAE, prep. From, S.
Douglas.
2. From the time that.
Barbour.

A. S. Isl. fra, ab, ex.

Fra, conj. Since, seeing, S.
Barbour.

FRAAT, conj. Nevertheless, corr. of for a' that, S.
Ross.

FRACK, FRAK, FRECK,
1. Ready, active.
Diallog.

Frakly, adv. Hastily.
Douglas.
2. Vigorous, though advanced in life, S. B.
3. Open, ingenuous.
Pitscottie.

To maik frack, to make ready.
Knox.

Su. G. fraeck, Isl. frek-r, strenuus, citus.

To Frak, v. n. To move swiftly.
Doug.

FRACTIOUS, adj. Peevish, fretful, S.

Lat. fractus.

FRAGALENT, adj. Advantageous, Ang.

To FRAY, v. n. To be afraid.
Baillie.

Fray, s. Fear.

Fr. effray.

Baillie.

FRAYDANT, adj. Ill-humoured.
Maitland P.

A. S. freoth-an, to fret, to chafe.

FRAYING, s. Friction.
Barbour.

Fr. fray-er, to rub.

FRAYIT, part. pa. Afraid.
V. Fray.

To FRAIK, v. n. To flatter, Ang.
A. Douglas.

Fraik, Fraiken, s.
1. Flattery, S.
2. Fond discourse, having the appearance of flattery, Fife.
A. Douglas.

FRAIL, s. Expl. flail.
J. Nicol.

To FRAIS, v. n. To crash.
Douglas.

Su. G. fraes-a, stridere.

FRAISE, s. A cajoling discourse, S.

FRAISE, s. The pluck of a calf, S.

Teut. frase, Fr. fraise, id.

To FRAIST, FRASTYN, FREST, FRESTIN, v. a. To try, to prove.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. frest-a, Isl. freist-a, id.

To FRAME, v. n. To succeed.
Wodrow.

A. S. frem-ian, prodesse.

FRANCHIS, s. Sanctuary.
Douglas.

Fr. franchise.

To FRANE, FRAYN, v. a. To inquire.
Dunbar.

A. S. fraegn-ian, Isl. fregn-a, interrogare.

Frane, s. Inquiry.
Chron. S. P.

To FRATE, v. n. To chafe by friction.

Su. G. fraet-a, to gnaw.

Douglas.

To FRAUCHT, FRAWCHT, v. a. To freight, S.
Acts Ja. IV.

Teut. vracht-en, vectare, Sax. fracht-en.

Fraught, Frawcht, s.
1. Freight of a vessel, S.
Wyntown.
2. The fare, S.

Teut. vracht.

Kelly.

Frauchtisman, s. One who has the charge of loading a vessel.
Acts Ja. III.

FRAWART, FRAWARTIS, prep. From.
Douglas.

A. S. fra, and weard, denoting place.

FRAWFULL, adj. Perhaps, malapert.

A. S. fraefel, praecox.

Dunbar.

To FRE, v. n. To inquire.
Maitland P.

Su. G. fra, Isl. frae, id.

FRE, adj. Noble.
Wallace.

A. S. freo, ingenuus.

FRE, adj. Beautiful.
Wyntown.

O. Su. G. fri, pulcher.

Fre, s. A lady, from the adj.
Maitland P.

To FREATH, v. n. To froth, S.
Burns.

To Freath, v. a. To work up into froth, S.
Ramsay.

Freath, s. Froth, S.

Dan. fraade, spuma.

FRECHURE, s. Coolness.
Chron. S. P.

Fr. fraischure, id.

FRECK, adj.
V. Frack.

FREDFULL, adj. Read frendfull, Friendly.
Wallace.

FREE, adj.
1. Brittle, S. B.
2. Applied to corn which is so ripe as to be easily shaken, S. B.

To FREESK, v. a. To scratch, to curry, Ang.

Freesk, s. A hasty rub; metaph. any work done expeditiously, Ang.

FREFF, adj. Shy, reserved, Roxb.

FREIK, FREKE, FRICK, s.
1. A strong man.
Wallace.

Su. G. fraeck, strenuus.

2. A petulant young man.
Douglas.

Su. G. fraeck, tumidus, insolens.

FREIRIS, s. A friary.
Bellenden.

O. Fr. frairies, id.

To FREITH, FRETH, v. a. To protect.

A. S. frith-ian, id.

Douglas.

To FREITH, v. a. To liberate.
Wallace.

A. S. ge-frith-ian, id.

FREIT, FREET, FRET, s. A superstitious notion, with respect to any thing as a good or bad omen, S.
Wyntown.
2. A superstitious observance, a charm, S.
K. Ja. VI.
3. Any act of worship, proceeding from superstition.
More.
4. To stand on frets, to stickle at trifles, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. fraett, frett, an omen or oracle.

Freitty, Fretty, adj. Superstitious, S.

FRELAGE, s. Freedom.
Douglas.

Germ. frilatz, free.

FRELY, Frely fute, Noble woman.
V. Fode.

A. S. freolic, liberalis.

Barbour.

Frely, s. A beautiful woman; the adj. used as a s.
Wallace.

FRELY, FREELY, adv. Entirely, S.
Dunbar.

FREMYT, FREMMYT, FRAMET, adj.
1. Strange, foreign, S.
2. Acting like a stranger, S.
Kelly.
3. Having no relation, S.
Ruddiman.
4. Unlucky, adverse.
King's Quair.

A. S. fremd, Moes. G. framathja, peregrinus.

Fremmitness, s. Strangeness.
Maitland P.

FRENCH-GOWS, s. pl. Perhaps gauze.
Watson.

FREND, FRIEND, s.
1. A relation, S.
Wyntown.
2. One allied by marriage, S.
Kelly.

Su. G. fraende, a kinsman.

FRENYIE, s. A fringe.
S. P. Repr.

Teut. frengie, id.

To FRENN, v. n. To rage, Ang.

Frennisin, s. Rage, Ang.

Fr. phrenesie.

FRENSCHLY, adv. Frankly.
Douglas.

FRENSWM, adj. Friendly.
Wyntown.

To FREQUENT, v. a. To acquaint, Ang.

FREQUENT, adj. Great, as denoting concourse.
Baillie.

Frequently, adv. Numerously.
Baillie.

FRER, FRERE, Fr. s. A frier.
Wyntown.

FRESH, adj. Open, opposed to frosty, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FRESH, s. A slight flood in a river, S.
Law Case.

FRESON, s. A Frisic steed; Fr. frison.
Sir Gawan.

To FREST, FRESTIN.
V. Fraist.

FREST, s. Delay.
Barbour.

Su. G. frest, temporis intervallum.

To FRET, v. a. To devour.
Douglas.

A. S. fret-an.

FRET, s. A superstition.
V. Freit.

FRETHIT, part. pa. Liberated.
V. Freith.

FREUCH, FREWCH, FROOCH, (gutt.) adj.
1. Frail, brittle, S. B.
Journal Lond.
2. Dry; applied to corn, Ang.

Su. G. fraekn, friabilis.

Pal. Hon.

FREUALT, L. Seruall, servile.
Wallace.

FREWALL, adj.
1. Frivolous.
Act. Conc.
2. Used in the sense of fickle.
Wallace.

Teut. frevel.

FREWP, s. Perhaps, frippery.
Houlate.

FREZELL, s. An iron instrument for striking fire.
Z. Boyd.

FRY, s. A tumult, S. B. fray, E.
Ross.

FRIDOUND, pret. v. Quavered.
Montgomerie.

Fr. fredonn-er, to quaver.

FRIED CHICKENS, Chicken-broth with eggs dropped in it, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

FRIEND-STEAD, adj. Possessing a friend.
Rutherford.

FRIGGIS, s. pl. Perhaps, q. frekis, stout men.
Chr. Kirk.

FRYME, L. signe.
Houlate.

FRIM-FRAM, s. Trifle.
Presb. Eloq.

To FRIST, v. a.
1. To delay.

Isl. frest-a.

Rutherford.
2. To give on credit, S.
Chron. S. P.

Frist, Fristing, s.
1. Delay.
Rutherford.

Isl. frest-r, Germ. frist, id.

2. To frist, afrist, on credit.
Bannatyne Poems.

FRYST, adj First.
Barbour.

FRITTE, s. Perhaps, protection; Germ. friede.
Houlate.

FROATH-STICK, s. A stick for whipping cream, S. B.
Watson's Coll.

FRODY, adj. L. frelie.
Lyndsay.

FROG, s. An upper coat.
Barbour.

O. Flem. frock, suprema vestis.

To FROG, v. n. To snow or sleet at intervals, Ang.

Frog, s. A flying shower of snow or sleet, Ang.
Lyndsay.

FROG, s. A young horse.
Buchan.

To FRONT, v. n. Applied to meat, when it swells in boiling, Ang.

FROUNSIT, part. pa. Wrinkled.

Fr. frons-er, to wrinkle.

Henrysone.

FROW, s. A lusty female, S.

Germ. fraw, Belg. vrowe, a woman.

FROWDIE, s. A big lusty woman, S. B.

Sw. frodig, plump.

FROWDIE, s. A cap worn by old women, Ang.

Su. G. fru-tyg, a lady's cap.

FRUCTUOUS, adj. Fruitful.
Douglas.

FRUNTY, FRONTY, adj. Free in manner, Fife.
A. Douglas.

Fr. effrontÉ, overbold.

To FRUSCH, FRWSCH, v. a.
1. To dash.
Douglas.
2. To break in pieces.
Barbour.
3. To overthrow.
Wallace.

Fr. froiss-er, to dash.

To Frusch, v. n. To break.
Wallace.

Frusch, Frush, adj.. Brittle, S.

Teut. broosch, fragilis.

Minst. Bord.

Frusch, s. Breaking.
Barbour.

To FRUSTIR, v. a. To render useless.

Fr. frustr-er, id.

Dunbar.

Frustir, adj.
1. Frustrated.
Wallace.
2. Vain, empty.
Dunbar.

FUD, FUDE, s.
1. The matrix.
Wallace.

A. S. foth, Isl. fud, id.

2. The backside, S. B.
Ritson.
3. A hare or rabbit's brush, S.
Burns.

FUDDER, FOTHYR, FUTHIR, FIDDER, s.
1. A large quantity; a cart-load.
Barbour.
2. A certain weight of lead.
Skene.
3. A great number.
Chr. Kirk.

A. S. fother, a wain-load.

FUDDER, s. Lightning.
Burel.

Fr. foudre, id.

FUDDY, s. A designation given to the wind, Aberd.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Isl. fud-r, motus; or hwida, aer.

Fuddum, s. Drift at intervals, Ang.

FUDGIE, adj. Gross, Loth.
V. Fodgel.

To FUF, FUFF, v. n. To puff, S.
Doug.

Germ. pfuffen, id.

To Fuff, v. a. To blow intermittently, S.
Burns.

Fuff, s. A puff, S.
Lyndsay.

Fuffars, s. pl. Bellows, Ang.

To FUFFLE, v. a. To put any thing in disorder, S.

Isl. fipla, contrectare.

FUGE, s. Perhaps, a kind of pick-axe.

Fr. fouaige, id.

K. Hart.

FUGÉ, FUGIE, adj. Fugitive.
Doug.

FugÉ, Fugie, s.
1. A fugitive, S.
Poems Buch. Dial.
2. One who flies from the fight, S.
Brand.

FUISH, pret. Fetched, S.
Ross.

To FULE, v. n. To play the fool.
Barbour.

FULYE, s.
1. A leaf.
Douglas.
2. Leaf gold, S.
Gawan and Gol.

Fr. feuille, id.

To FULYIE, v. a. To defile.
Bellenden.

Fulyie, s.
1. The dung of a town, S.
Act Sedt.
2. Transferred to manure.
Kelly.

Fulyear, s. One who pollutes.
Bellenden.

FULLYERY, s. Leaved work.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. fueill-er, to foliate.

FULLELY, adv. Fully.
Barbour.

FULMAR, s. A species of petrel.
Martin.

FUMART.
V. Fowmarte.

FUMLER, s. Caik fumler, a parasite.
Douglas.

To FUNDY, FUNNY, v. n. To become stiff with cold.
Ramsay.

FUNDYN, part. pa.
1. Found.
Barbour.
2. Supplied.
Id.

A. S. find-an, suppeditare.

FUNYIE, s. A polecat.
V. Foyn.

To FUNK, v. a.
1. To strike, S.
2. To kick behind, S.

Funk, s.
1. A stroke, S.
2. A kick, S.
3. Ill humour, Loth.

Teut. in de fonck zijn, turbari.

FUR, FURE, FEURE, s.
1. A furrow, S.
Wallace.

Furlenth, s. The length of a furrow.
Gawan and Gol.
2. What resembles a furrow.
Douglas.

Dan. fur, A. S. furh, id.

FUR. pret.
1. Went.
Wallace.
2. Fared; as to food.
Wallace.

FURC, s. Gallows.
V. Pit.

To FURE, v. a.
1. To carry.
Acts Ja. III.
2. To conduct.
Bellenden.

Su. G. foer-a, to carry, to lead.

FURE, pret. Fared.

A. S. for.

Wyntown.

FURE, adj. Firm, fresh.
V. Fery.
Gl. Sibb.

FURE, s. A strong man.
Dunbar.

Su. G. foer, fortis.

FURE-DAYS, FUIR-DAYS, FOOR-DAYS.
1. Late in the afternoon, S. B.

A. S. forth dages, die longe provecta.

2. Fair-fuir days, broad day-light, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. veur-dagh, tempus antelucanum.

FURFELLES, s. pl. Furred skins.
Skene.

FURISINE, s. A steel to strike fire with.
Bellenden.

Teut. vuer, fire, and ijser, steel.

FURK and FOS, gallows and pit.

Lat. furc-a, fossa.

O. Chart.

FURLENTH, s.
V. Fur.

FURLET.
V. Firlot.

FURMAGE, s. Cheese; Fr. fourmage.
Henrysone.

FURME, s. A form.
Bannatyne P.

To FURROW, v. a.
V. Forray.
Godscroft.

FURSABIL, adj. What can be driven away, Fr. forceable.
Maitland P.

FURSDAY, FURISDAY, s. Thursday, S.
Act Ja. V.

FURTH. The muckle furth, the open air, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

To FURTHEYET, v. a. To pour out.
S. P. Repr.

A. S. forth-geot-an, profundere.

FURTHY, adj.
1. Forward.
Sir Egeir.
2. Frank, affable, S.
Sax. and Gael.
3. Unabashed.
A. Douglas.

To FURTHSCHAW, v. a. To manifest.
Crosraguell.

FURTH SETTER, s. An author.
Crosraguell.

FUSH, pret. v. Fetched.
Ramsay.

FUST, adj. Perhaps, at rest.
Bannatyne P.

FUTE-ALE, s. An entertainment given when a woman first gets out of bed, after childbirth; pron. fit-ale, S.

FUTEBROD, s. A footstool, S.

Moes. G. fotabord, id.

FUTE HATE,
1. Straightway; a term borrowed from the chase, q. hot foot.
Barbour.
2. Closely, accurately.
Douglas.
3. Denoting proximity of place.
Doug.

FUTIE, adj. Mean, S.
V. Fouty.