Chapter L: B. excamb-iare

~Excambion~, _s._ Exchange, S.

_Spotswood._

_To_ EXEME, EXEEM, _v. a._ To exempt.

_Skene._

EXPECTANT, _s._ A candidate for the ministry, not yet licensed to preach the gospel.

_Acts Assembly._

_To_ EXPISCATE, _v. a._ To fish out by inquiry, S.

_Wodrow._

Lat. _expisca-ri_, id.

_To_ EXPONE,

1. To explain.

_Baillie._

Lat. _expon-ere_.

2. To expose to danger.

_Knox._

_To_ EXPREME, _v. a._ To express.

_Doug._

EXPRES, _adv._ Altogether.

_Douglas._

Fr. _par exprés_, expressly.

EXTRÉ, _s._ Axle-tree, S.

V. ~Ax-tree~.

_Douglas._

_To_ EXTRAVAGE, _v. n._ To deviate in discourse.

V. ~Stravaig~.

_Fountainhall._

F

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._