_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._