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Chapter L: B. feretrum, a sarcophagus; whence O. Fr. fiertre, a chest in

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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.

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