~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.