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.
ToFORREW,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 withrunning.Wallace.
FORS, FORSS,s.A current.Wallace.
Su. G.fors, cataracta fluminis.
ToFORS,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.
ToFORSET,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.
ToFORSPEAK,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.
ToFORSTÁ,v. a.To understand, S.
Su. G.foersta-n, id.
Ross.
FORSTARIS,s.A female inhabitant of a forest.Douglas.
ToFORSURNE,v. a.To spend.
Teut.versorg-en, curare.
K. Hart.
FORSWIFTIT,part. pa.Strayed.Douglas.
Sw.foer, intensive, andswaef-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.
ToFORTHINK,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.
ToFORVAY, FORUEY, FORWAY,v. n.To go astray.Douglas.
Fornegat. andway.
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 withweeping.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 forforyede, q. over-walked.
ToFORYEILD,v. a.To recompense.Douglas.
A. S.for-geild-an, compensare.
FORYEING,part. pr.Foregoing.
A. S.forga-n, praeire.
Dunbar.
ToFORYET, 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.
ToFOTCH, 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.
ToFotch,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.
ToFOUND,v. n.To go.V.Fonde.
ToFOUNDER,v. a.To fell, S.
FOUNE,adj.Belonging to fawns.Doug.
FOURHOURS,s.The time of drinking tea;fourbeing the ancienthourfor the afternoon beverage, S.Watson.
FOURNEUKIT,adj.Quadrangular, S.Bellenden.
FOURSOM, used as as., four in company, Lanerks.King Hart.
FOUSEE, FOUSY,s.A ditch.Douglas.
Fr.fossé.
ToFOUTCH,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.
FOWEandGRIIS, different kinds of fur.Sir Tristrem.
FOWMARTE,s.A polecat, S.Acts Ja. I.
O. Fr.ful, fetid, andmerder, 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, andsum.
Fowsumlie,adv.Loathsomely large.Bellenden.
FOWSUM,adj.Somewhat too large, S. B. fromfow, full.
ToFOX,v. n.To dissemble.Baillie.
Isl.fox-a, fallere.
ToFOZE,v. n.To become mouldy, Perths. E.fust.
FOZY,adj.1. Spungy, porous, S.2. Applied to one who ispurfled, orblawn 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. offor 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.
Tomaik frack, to make ready.Knox.
Su. G.fraeck, Isl.frek-r, strenuus, citus.
ToFrak,v. n.To move swiftly.Doug.
FRACTIOUS,adj.Peevish, fretful, S.
Lat.fractus.
FRAGALENT,adj.Advantageous, Ang.
ToFRAY,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.
ToFRAIK,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.
ToFRAIS,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.
ToFRAIST, FRASTYN, FREST, FRESTIN,v. a.To try, to prove.Gawan and Gol.
Su. G.frest-a, Isl.freist-a, id.
ToFRAME,v. n.To succeed.Wodrow.
A. S.frem-ian, prodesse.
FRANCHIS,s.Sanctuary.Douglas.
Fr.franchise.
ToFRANE, FRAYN,v. a.To inquire.Dunbar.
A. S.fraegn-ian, Isl.fregn-a, interrogare.
Frane,s.Inquiry.Chron. S. P.
ToFRATE,v. n.To chafe by friction.
Su. G.fraet-a, to gnaw.
Douglas.
ToFRAUCHT, 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, andweard, denoting place.
FRAWFULL,adj.Perhaps, malapert.
A. S.fraefel, praecox.
Dunbar.
ToFRE,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.
ToFREATH,v. n.To froth, S.Burns.
ToFreath,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.Readfrendfull, Friendly.Wallace.
FREE,adj.1. Brittle, S. B.2. Applied to corn which is so ripe as to be easily shaken, S. B.
ToFREESK,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.
ToFREITH, FRETH,v. a.To protect.
A. S.frith-ian, id.
Douglas.
ToFREITH,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; theadj.used as as.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.Perhapsgauze.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.
ToFRENN,v. n.To rage, Ang.
Frennisin,s.Rage, Ang.
Fr.phrenesie.
FRENSCHLY,adv.Frankly.Douglas.
FRENSWM,adj.Friendly.Wyntown.
ToFREQUENT,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 tofrosty, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
FRESH,s.A slight flood in a river, S.Law Case.
FRESON,s.A Frisic steed; Fr.frison.Sir Gawan.
ToFREST, FRESTIN.V.Fraist.
FREST,s.Delay.Barbour.
Su. G.frest, temporis intervallum.
ToFRET,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 offickle.Wallace.
Teut.frevel.
FREWP,s.Perhaps, frippery.Houlate.
FREZELL,s.An iron instrument for striking fire.Z. Boyd.
FRY,s.A tumult, S. B.fray, E.Ross.
FRIDOUND,pret. v.Quavered.Montgomerie.
Fr.fredonn-er, to quaver.
FRIED CHICKENS, Chicken-broth with eggs dropped in it, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
FRIEND-STEAD,adj.Possessing a friend.Rutherford.
FRIGGIS,s. pl.Perhaps, q.frekis, stout men.Chr. Kirk.
FRYME, L.signe.Houlate.
FRIM-FRAM,s.Trifle.Presb. Eloq.
ToFRIST,v. a.1. To delay.
Isl.frest-a.
Rutherford.2. To give on credit, S.Chron. S. P.
Frist,Fristing,s.1. Delay.Rutherford.
Isl.frest-r, Germ.frist, id.
2.To frist,afrist, on credit.Bannatyne Poems.
FRYST,adjFirst.Barbour.
FRITTE,s.Perhaps, protection; Germ.friede.Houlate.
FROATH-STICK,s.A stick for whipping cream, S. B.Watson's Coll.
FRODY,adj.L.frelie.Lyndsay.
FROG,s.An upper coat.Barbour.
O. Flem.frock, suprema vestis.
ToFROG,v. n.To snow or sleet at intervals, Ang.
Frog,s.A flying shower of snow or sleet, Ang.Lyndsay.
FROG,s.A young horse.Buchan.
ToFRONT,v. n.Applied to meat, when it swells in boiling, Ang.
FROUNSIT,part. pa.Wrinkled.
Fr.frons-er, to wrinkle.
Henrysone.
FROW,s.A lusty female, S.
Germ.fraw, Belg.vrowe, a woman.
FROWDIE,s.A big lusty woman, S. B.
Sw.frodig, plump.
FROWDIE,s.A cap worn by old women, Ang.
Su. G.fru-tyg, a lady's cap.
FRUCTUOUS,adj.Fruitful.Douglas.
FRUNTY, FRONTY,adj.Free in manner, Fife.A. Douglas.
Fr.effronté, overbold.
ToFRUSCH, FRWSCH,v. a.1. To dash.Douglas.2. To break in pieces.Barbour.3. To overthrow.Wallace.
Fr.froiss-er, to dash.
ToFrusch,v. n.To break.Wallace.
Frusch, Frush,adj.. Brittle, S.
Teut.broosch, fragilis.
Minst. Bord.
Frusch, s. Breaking.Barbour.
ToFRUSTIR,v. a.To render useless.
Fr.frustr-er, id.
Dunbar.
Frustir,adj.1. Frustrated.Wallace.2. Vain, empty.Dunbar.
FUD, FUDE,s.1. The matrix.Wallace.
A. S.foth, Isl.fud, id.
2. The backside, S. B.Ritson.3. A hare or rabbit's brush, S.Burns.
FUDDER, FOTHYR, FUTHIR, FIDDER,s.1. A large quantity; a cart-load.Barbour.2. A certain weight of lead.Skene.3. A great number.Chr. Kirk.
A. S.fother, a wain-load.
FUDDER,s.Lightning.Burel.
Fr.foudre, id.
FUDDY,s.A designation given to the wind, Aberd.Poems Buch. Dial.
Isl.fud-r, motus; orhwida, aer.
Fuddum,s.Drift at intervals, Ang.
FUDGIE,adj.Gross, Loth.V.Fodgel.
To FUF, FUFF,v. n.To puff, S.Doug.
Germ.pfuffen, id.
ToFuff,v. a.To blow intermittently, S.Burns.
Fuff,s.A puff, S.Lyndsay.
Fuffars,s. pl.Bellows, Ang.
ToFUFFLE,v. a.To put any thing in disorder, S.
Isl.fipla, contrectare.
FUGE,s.Perhaps, a kind of pick-axe.
Fr.fouaige, id.
K. Hart.
FUGÉ, FUGIE,adj.Fugitive.Doug.
Fugé,Fugie,s.1. A fugitive, S.Poems Buch. Dial.2. One who flies from the fight, S.Brand.
FUISH,pret.Fetched, S.Ross.
ToFULE,v. n.To play the fool.Barbour.
FULYE,s.1. A leaf.Douglas.2. Leaf gold, S.Gawan and Gol.
Fr.feuille, id.
ToFULYIE,v. a.To defile.Bellenden.
Fulyie,s.1. The dung of a town, S.Act Sedt.2. Transferred to manure.Kelly.
Fulyear, s. One who pollutes.Bellenden.
FULLYERY,s.Leaved work.Pal. Hon.
Fr.fueill-er, to foliate.
FULLELY,adv.Fully.Barbour.
FULMAR,s.A species of petrel.Martin.
FUMART.V.Fowmarte.
FUMLER,s.Caik fumler, a parasite.Douglas.
ToFUNDY, FUNNY,v. n.To become stiff with cold.Ramsay.
FUNDYN,part. pa.1. Found.Barbour.2. Supplied.Id.
A. S.find-an, suppeditare.
FUNYIE,s.A polecat.V.Foyn.
ToFUNK,v. a.1. To strike, S.2. To kick behind, S.
Funk,s.1. A stroke, S.2. A kick, S.3. Ill humour, Loth.
Teut.in de fonck zijn, turbari.
FUR, FURE, FEURE,s.1. A furrow, S.Wallace.
Furlenth,s.The length of a furrow.Gawan and Gol.2. What resembles a furrow.Douglas.
Dan.fur, A. S.furh, id.
FUR.pret.1. Went.Wallace.2. Fared; as to food.Wallace.
FURC,s.Gallows.V.Pit.
ToFURE,v. a.1. To carry.Acts Ja. III.2. To conduct.Bellenden.
Su. G.foer-a, to carry, to lead.
FURE,pret.Fared.
A. S.for.
Wyntown.
FURE,adj.Firm, fresh.V.Fery.Gl. Sibb.
FURE,s.A strong man.Dunbar.
Su. G.foer, fortis.
FURE-DAYS, FUIR-DAYS, FOOR-DAYS.1. Late in the afternoon, S. B.
A. S.forth dages, die longe provecta.
2.Fair-fuir days, broad day-light, S.Ramsay.
Teut.veur-dagh, tempus antelucanum.
FURFELLES,s. pl.Furred skins.Skene.
FURISINE,s.A steel to strike fire with.Bellenden.
Teut.vuer, fire, andijser, steel.
FURKandFOS, gallows and pit.
Lat.furc-a, fossa.
O. Chart.
FURLENTH,s.V.Fur.
FURLET.V.Firlot.
FURMAGE,s.Cheese; Fr.fourmage.Henrysone.
FURME,s.A form.Bannatyne P.
ToFURROW,v. a.V.Forray.Godscroft.
FURSABIL,adj.What can be driven away, Fr.forceable.Maitland P.
FURSDAY, FURISDAY,s.Thursday, S.Act Ja. V.
FURTH.The muckle furth, the open air, S. B.Gl. Shirr.
ToFURTHEYET,v. a.To pour out.S. P. Repr.
A. S.forth-geot-an, profundere.
FURTHY,adj.1. Forward.Sir Egeir.2. Frank, affable, S.Sax. and Gael.3. Unabashed.A. Douglas.
ToFURTHSCHAW,v. a.To manifest.Crosraguell.
FURTH SETTER,s.An author.Crosraguell.
FUSH,pret.v. Fetched.Ramsay.
FUST,adj.Perhaps, at rest.Bannatyne P.
FUTE-ALE,s.An entertainment given when a woman first gets out of bed, after childbirth; pron.fit-ale, S.
FUTEBROD,s.A footstool, S.
Moes. G.fotabord, id.
FUTE HATE,1. Straightway; a term borrowed from the chase, q.hot foot.Barbour.2. Closely, accurately.Douglas.3. Denoting proximity of place.Doug.