ToEXTRAVAGE,v. n.To deviate in discourse.V.Stravaig.Fountainhall.
ToEXTRAVAGE,v. n.To deviate in discourse.V.Stravaig.Fountainhall.
FÁ,FAE,s.Foe.
A. S.fa, id.
Douglas.
FA,v.ands.V.Faw.
FABORIS,s. pl.Suburbs.
Fr.faux-bourg.
Wallace.
FABURDOUN,s.Counterpoint in music; Fr.faux-bourdon.
Burel.
FACHENIS,pl.Faulchions.Douglas.
Fr.fauchon.
FACHT, Leg.flicht, flight.Houlate.
FADDIS,s. pl.Boats.Bellenden.
Gael.fada.
FADE, FEDE,adj.Appointed; A. S.fad-an, ordinare.Sir Tristrem.
FADE,s.A company of hunters.Doug.
Isl.veid-a, to hunt, Gael.fiadh, a deer.
ToFADE,v. a.To fall short in.
Isl.fat-ast, deficit.
Wyntown.
FADER, FADYR,s.Father.Barbour.
A. S.faeder, Isl.fader, id.
FADGE,s.A bundle of sticks, Dumfr.
Sw.fagg-a, onerare.
FADGE, FAGE,s.1. A large flat loaf or bannock.Gl. Sibb.2. A flat wheaten loaf, Loth.Ramsay.
Teut.wegghe, libum oblongum; Fr.fouace, a thick cake.
3. A lusty and clumsy woman, S.Ritson.
ToFADLE, FAIDLE,v. n.To waddle, Ang.
FADOM,s.A fathom, S.
Isl.fadm-r.
FAGALD,s.Faggot.Barbour.
FAY,s.1. Faith, O. Fr.fe.Wyntown.2. Fidelity, allegiance.Barbour.
ToFAIK,v. a.To grasp.Douglas.
Fland.fack-en, apprehendere.
ToFAIK,v. a.To fold, S.Burns.
Sw.veck, a fold.
Faik,s.1. A fold, S. B.Bannatyne P.2. A plaid, Ang.Faikie, Aberd.Journal Lond.
FAIK,s.A stratum of stone, Loth.
FAIK,s.The razor-bill, a bird.Neill.
ToFAIK,v. a.1. To lower the price of any commodity, Loth. Perths.2. To let go with impunity, Loth.
Su. G.falk-a, to cheapen.
ToFAIK, FAICK,v. n.To fail, S. B.
Su. G.wik-a, cedere.
Ross.
ToFAIK,v. n.To stop, S. B.Ross.
FAIL, FALE, FEAL,s.1. Any grassy part of the surface of the ground.Doug.2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward, S.Bellenden.
Su. G.wall, (pron.vall), sward.
Fail-dyke,s.A wall built of sods, S.Minstrelsy Border.
ToFAILE,v. n.1. To fail.2. To be in want of any thing.Barbour.
Failyie,Faylyhé,s.1. Failure.Act Sedt.2. Legal subjection to a penalty.Spalding.3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S.
ToFAYND, FAND,v. a.1. To tempt.Wyntown.2. To put to trial.Sir Tristrem.3. To endeavour.Barbour.
A. S.fand-ian, tentare.
ToFAYND,v. n.To shift.V.Fend.Wallace.
FAYNDING,s.Perhaps, guile.Barbour.
FAINY,adv.Not understood.Houlate.
FAINTICE,s.Dissembling.Barbour.
Fr.faintise.
FAIPLE,s.To hang the faiple, to be chopfallen, S.A. Scott.
FAIR,adj.Calm, Orkney.
FAIR, FERE, FEYR,s.Appearance.
A. S.feorh, vultus.
Douglas.
FAIR, FAYR, FAR,s.1. Solemn preparation.Barbour.2. Funeral solemnity.Gawan and Gol.
Germ.feyr-en, to celebrate.
FAIR,s.Affair.Priests of Peblis.
FAYR,adj.Proper.Barbour.
Moes. G.fagr, idoneus.
FAIRD,s.1. Course.Complaynt S.2. Expedition, enterprise.Calderwood.
FAIRDED,part. pr.Painted.V.Fard,v.
FAIRDING,s.Violent blowing.Burel.
FAYRE, FARE,s.Course.Wyntown.
Isl.far, iter.
FAIR-FARAND.V.Farand.
FAIRFASSINT,adj.Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.
FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.V.Fure-dayis.
FAIRHEID,s.Beauty.Dunbar.
FAIRIN, FARNE,part. pa.Fared.Barbour.
FAIRY-HILLOCKS,pl.Verdant knolls, denominated from the vulgar idea that these were anciently inhabited by the fairies, or that they used to dance there, S.
ToFAIRLY.V.Ferly,v.
FAIRNTICKL'D,adj.Freckled.
FAIT,s. To lose fait of, to lose one's good opinion of, S.
Fr.faire fête de, to joy in.
ToFAYT,v. a.Perhaps, frame.Sir Tristrem.
ToFAIZLE,v. a.To flatter, S. B.
Su. G.fios-a, id.
FALD, FAULD,s.1. A sheep-fold, S.Ross.2. An inclosure of any kind.Douglas.
A. S. Isl.fald, septum animalium.
ToFald,Fauld,v. a.To inclose in a fold, S.
Sw.faella, id.
ToFALD,v. n.To bow, S.Garden.
A. S.feald-an, plicare.
ToFALE,v. n.To happen.Wyntown.
FALK, FAUK,s.The Razor-bill.Martin.
ToFALL,v. n.1. To fall to, as one's portion, pron.faw, S.Peblis to the Play.2. To be one's turn.It fawis me now, S.
ToFallby,v. n.To be lost, S.Rutherford.
ToFALLwith child, to become pregnant, S.
FALL, (pron.faw)s.A measure six ells square, S.Skene.
Su. G.fale, pertica, a perch.
FALL, FAW,s.A trap, S.Evergreen.
Germ.falle, Su. G.falla, decipula.
FALLBRIG,s.A bridge used in a siege, which the besiegers letfallon the walls, that they might enter by it.Barbour.
FALLEN STARS, a gelatinous plant, found in pastures, &c. after rain, S.
Sea fallen stars,Sea lungs, An animal thrown on the sea-shore, S.
ToFALLOW,v. a.To follow, S.Douglas.
FALOW, FALLOW,s.Fellow.Wyntown.
ToFallow,v. a.To equal.Dunbar.
FALSAR, FALSARIE,s.A falsifier.Acts Marie.
FALSED, FALSETTE,s.1. Falsehood.Dunbar.2. A forgery.
O. Fr.faulsete.
Acts Mar.
FALT, FAUTE, FAWT,s.Want.
O. Fr.faute.
Barbour.
FAME, FAIM, FEIM,s.1. Foam, S.Douglas.2. Passion, S. B.
A. S.fam,faem, spuma.
ToFame,v. n.To be in a rage, S.
FAMEN,pl.Foes.Wallace.
A. S.fah-mon, foe-man.
FAMYLE, FAMELL,s.Family, race.
Fr.famille.
Douglas.
FAMOUS,adj.Of good character.
Fr.fameux, of much credit.
Wodrow.
ToFAND,v. a.To try.V.Faynd.
FAND,pret. v.Found, S.Hudson.
ToFANE,v. a.To protect.Dunbar.
FANE,In fane, fondly.Gawan and Gol.
FANG,s.1. Capture.Wallace.2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.Morison.With the fang, having in possession, LL. S.3. In pl., claws or talons, S.4. The bend of a rope.Gl. Sibb.
A. S.fang, Teut.vanghe, captura, captus.
ToFANK, FANKLE,v. a.To entangle, especially by knots, S.Henrysone.
Teut.vanck, tendicula.
FANNOUN, FANNOWNE,s.A linen handkerchief carried on the priest's arm at mass.
Fr.fanon.
Wyntown.
ToFANTISIE,v. a.To regard with affection.
Fr.fantas-ier.
G. Buchanan.
Fantise,s.Vain appearance.K. Quair.
FANTON,s.Swoon.Palice of Hon.
FANTOWN,adj.Fantastic.Wyntown.
FAR,s.Pompous preparation.V.Fair.
FAR,s.Appearance.V.Fair.Barbour.
FAR, FARE, FAYR,s.Expedition.Barbour.
FARAND, FARRAND,adj.Seeming.Douglas.
Auld-farand,adj.Sagacious, S.
Fair-farand,adj.1. Having a goodly appearance.S. P. Repr.2. Having a fair carriage.Houlate.3. Having a specious appearance, S.
Euil-farand,adj.Unseemly.Douglas.
Foul-farren,adj.Having a bad appearance.Kelly.
Weill-farand,adj.1. Having a goodly appearance.Barbour.2. Handsome.Wallace.
Su. G.far-a, agere; Teut.vaer-en, gerere se.
FARAND,part. pr.Travelling.Barbour.
Farandman,s.A traveller.Skene.
A. S.farende, itinerant.
FARAR,compar.Better.Gawan and Gol.
FARCOST,s.A trading vessel.Stat. Acc.
Su.G.farkost, any instrument of travelling.
FARAR,s.A traveller.Douglas.
ToFARD, FAIRD,v. a.1. To paint.Z. Boyd.2. To embellish.Compl. S.
Fr.fard-er, id.fard, paint.
Fard,s.Paint.Z. Boyd.
FARD,adj. Weill fard, well favoured.Lyndsay.
FARD, FARDE,FAIRD,s.1. Course.Douglas.2. Force, ardour.Bellenden.3.To make a faird, to make a bustle.
Su. G.faerd, cursus, iter.
Ramsay.
FARDER,adj.Further, S.R. Bruce.
FARDILLIS,s. pl.Shivers.Gawan and Gol.
Teut.vier-deel, quadra.
FAREFOLKIS,s. pl.Fairies;fair-folk, Banffs.Douglas.
Q.fair folk, orfaring folk.
FARY, FARIE,s.1. Bustle, tumult.Dunbar.2. Confusion, consternation.V.Fiery.Douglas.
FARING,s.Leading of an army.Barbour.
Isl.faer-a, Su. G.foer-a, ducere, ducem esse.
FARLAND,adj.Coming from a distant country.Maitland P.
A. S.feorlen,feorlend, longinquus.
FARLE, FARTHEL, FERLE,s.Properly, the fourth part of a thin cake, whether of flour or oatmeal; but now used often for a third, S.Wodrow.
Teut.vier-deel; A. S.feorth dael, quarta pars.
FARRACH,s.Force, vigour, S. B.Poems Buchan Dial.
Isl.faer, validus; Gael.farrach, force.
FARSY,adj.Having thefarcy.Dunbar.
Fr.farcin.
FARTIGAL,s.A fardingale.
Fr.vertugale, id.
Maitland P.
FAS,s.Hair.
A. S.feax, id.
Douglas.
ToFASCH, FASH,v. a.1. To trouble, applied to the body, S.Baillie.2. Denoting what pains the mind.Baillie.3. To molest, in a general sense, S.Evergreen.To fash one's thumb, to give one's self trouble, S.Ramsay.
ToFasch,v. n.1. To take trouble, S.2. To be weary of, S.Chron. S. P.3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's self to trouble, S.
Fr.se fach-er, to grieve; Su. G.faas widen, tangere aliquem,to fash with, S.
Fasch,Fash,s.1. Trouble, S.Burns.2. Pains taken about any thing, S.3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.
Fascheous,Fashious,adj.Troublesome.
Fr.facheux,facheuse, id.
Baillie.
Facherie, Fr.Fashrie,s.Trouble, S.Acts Ja. VI.
FASSE,s.A hair.S. P. Repr.
FASSON,s.Fashion, S. B.fassin.Complaynt S.
FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a deep red colour.Acts Ja. VI.
FASTRINGIS-EWYN,s.The evening preceding the first day of the Fast of Lent.Fasterns-een, S.Barbour.
Belg.Vastenavond, id.
FATHERBETTER,adj.Surpassing one's father, S. B.Baillie.
Isl.faudrbetringr, id.
FATHER-BROTHER,s.A paternal uncle, S.Skene.
Father-sister,s.A paternal aunt.Id.
FATT'RILS,s. pl.Folds or puckerings, S. O.Burns.
O. Fr.fatraille, trumpery.
FAUCH, FAW, FEWE,adj.Pale red, fallow; dun, Aberd.Douglas.
A. S.fah,fealg,fealh, helvus.
ToFAUCH, FAUGH,v. a.1. To fallow ground, S.Statist. Acc.2. To beat.He faught him well, S. B.Gl. Shirr.
Isl.faag-a, Su. G.faei-a, purgare.
Fauch,Faugh,adj.Fallow, not sowed, S.
Fauch,Faugh,s.1. A single furrow, from lea, Ang.2. The land thus managed, S. B.Statist. Acc.3. Applied to the tearing of character, Ang.
FAUCHT,pret.Fought.V.Fecht.
FAUTE, FAWT.V.Falt.
FAUCUMTULIES,s. pl.Perquisites due by the tenant to the proprietor, Ang.
FAVELLIS,pl.Perhaps, savours.K. Hart.
FAULTOUR,s.A transgressor.Lyndsay.
FAUSE-HOUSE,s.A vacancy in a stack, for preserving corns, q.false house.Burns.
FAW,adj.Pale red.V.Fauch.
Faw,adj.Of diverse colours.Gawan and Gol.
A. S.fag,fah, versicolor.
ToFAW, FÁ,v. a.1. To obtain.Burns.2. To have as one's lot, S.Popular Ball.
Faw,Fá,s.1. Share, S.Ross.2. Lot, chance, S.Burns.
FAW, FÁ,s.A fall, S.
ToShak a Fá,s.1. To wrestle, S.Ross.2. To strain every nerve, S. B.Baillie.
Faw-cap,s.A stuffed cap for guarding a child's head from the bad effects of a fall, S. B.
FAW,s.A trap.V.Fall.
FAWELY,adv.Few in number.Wallace.
FAX,s.Face, visage.Douglas.
Isl.fas, conspectus, gestus.
FAZART,adj.Dastardly.Kennedy.
Su. G.fasar, horreo.
Fazart,s.A dastard.Montgomerie.
FE, FEE, FEY, FIE,s.1. Cattle.Barbour.2. Small cattle, sheep or goats.Douglas.3. Possessions, in general.Barbour.4. Money.Wyntown.5. Wages, S.Statist. Acc.6. Hereditary property in land.Wyntown.7. Hereditary succession.Barbour.8. Absolute property, as distinguished from liferent, LL. S.Skene.
Isl.fe, Su. G.fae, A. S.feo,pecus,pecunia.
Fear,Fiar,s.1. One to whom property belongs in reversion, S.2. Connected with the termconjunct, a liferenter, S.Skene.
FEALE,adj.Faithful, loyal, O. Fr.feal.Bannatyne Poems.
FEATHER CLING, A disease of black cattle, S.Ess. Highl. Soc.
ToFEBLE,v. n.To become weak.Barbour.
ToFeblis,v. a.To enfeeble.
Fr.foiblesse, weakness.
Febling,s.Weakness.Douglas.
ToFECHT,v. a.1. To fight; pret.faucht,fawcht.Wyntown.
A. S.feaht-an, Germ.fecht-an, id.
2. To toil, S.Burns.
Fecht,Facht,Faught,s.1. Fight, S.Douglas.2. Struggle, of whatever kind, S.Burns.
Fechtar,s.One engaged in fight, S.
A. S.feohtere, pugnator.
Wallace.
FEGHIE-LEGHIE,adj.A contemptuous term, conjoining the ideas of insipidity, inactivity, and diminutive size, Aberd.
FECK, FEK,s.1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.Dunbar.2. The greatest part, S.Wallace.3.Of feck, of value.Montgomerie.
A. S.faec, space, or Fr.effect.
Feckful,Feckfow,adj.1. Wealthy, S.Feckfow-likehaving the appearance of wealth, S.2. Possessing bodily ability, S.Hamilton.3. Powerful.Ramsay.
Fecky,adj.Gaudy, S. B.Ross.
Feckless,adj.1. Weak, applied to the body, S.Ross.2. Feeble in mind.Polwart.3. Spiritless, Ang.
Feckly,Fectlie,adv.1. Partly, S.Watson.2. Mostly, S.Ross.Fecklessness,s.Feebleness, S.Rutherford.
FECKET,s.Under-waistcoat, S.Burns.
FEDDERAME, FEDREM,s. pl.Wings.Douglas.
A. S.faether-ham, a dress of feathers.
ToFEDE,v. a.To nurture.Sir Trist.
A. S.fed-an, educare; Su. G.foed-a, alere.
ToFEE, FIE,v. a.To hire, S.V.Fe.Knox.
FEEDING STORM, One that is on the increase, S.Baillie.
ToFEEL,v. a.To smell, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
FEENICHIN,adj.Foppish, Fife.
FEERforFEER, Every way equal, S. B.V.Fere, companion.
FEERICHIN,adj.Bustling, S. B.V.Fiery.
FEERIE,adj.Clever.V.Fery.
FEETH, FEITH,s.A net, fixed and stretching into the bed of a river, Aberd.Statist. Acc.
Moes. G.fatha, sepes; Dan.vod, a net.
ToFEEZE,v. a.To twist, S. A.Douglas.
ToFeeze about,1. To turn round, S.2. To hang off and on, S. B.Skinner.
Belg.vyz-en, id.
ToFeeze on,v. a.To screw, S.
ToFeeze aff,v. a.To unskrew, S.
ToFeeze up,v. a.1. To flatter, S.
Su. G.fias-a, id.
2. To work up into a passion, S.
FEY, FEE, FIE,adj.1. On the verge of death, S.Wallace.2. Unfortunate, unhappy.Douglas.3.A fey puckle, a grain of corn, that has lost its substance, S. B.
Isl.feig-r, Su. G.feg, A. S.faege, moribundus, morti appropinquans, Belg.veeg, Fr.fée, fatal.
Feydom,s.The state of being near death, or that conduct which is supposed to indicate it, S.
FEY,s.1. A fief, held of a superior.Barbour.2. A kingdom; improperly.Wyntown.
FEY,s.A foe.V.Fa.Maitland Poems.
FEID, FEDE,s.Enmity; a quarrel, S.Wallace.
Isl.faide,fed, Su. G.fegd, A. S.faehth, E.fewd.
Feidom,s.Enmity.Evergreen.
FEIGH, FEECH,interj.Fy, S.Ramsay.
Alem.fig-en, A. S.fi-an, odisse.
FEYK,s.Restlessness, proceeding from nervous affection, thefidgets.V.Fyke.Polwart.
FEIL, FEILE, FEILL, FELE,adj.Many.Barbour.
Isl.fiol. pluralitas; A. S.feala,fela, many.
Fell,Fiel,adv.Denoting degree, S. as,fell weill.Burns.
ToFEIL,v. a.To understand.Wallace.
Feil,Feille,s.Knowledge.Dunbar.
FEIM,s.Foam.V.Fame.
FEIR,s.Demeanour.Bannatyne P.
Feir,FeareofWere, 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.
ToFELL,v. a.To kill, S.Poems Buchan Dial.
ToFELL,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.
ToFELL, 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 withfellin.Watson.
ToFELTER,v. a.To entangle, S. B.
Fr.feultrer, to cover withfelt.
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.
ToFEN.V.Fend,v.2.
ToFEND,v. a.To tempt.V.Faynd.Barbour.
ToFEND, 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.
ToFEND, 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.
FEREofWEIR.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.
ToFerly,v. n.To wonder.Douglas.
Ferlyfull,adj.Surprising.Barbour.
FERLYST, L.Terlyst.Wallace.
ToFERME,v. a.To make firm.Doug.
ToFERME,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.
ToFEST,v. a.1. To fix.Gawan and Gol.
Su. G.faesta, to fasten.
2. To confirm, by promise or oath.Wallace.
ToFessin,v. a.To fasten.Abp. Hamiltoun.
Festnyng,s.Confirmation.Wyntown.
A. S.faestnung, id.
ToFETYL,v. n.To join closely.
Su. G.faetil, ligamen.
Wyntown.
FETTIL, FETTLE,s.Energy, power, S. B.Ross.
ToFETTLE,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.
ToFEUCH, 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 calledfew-ferme, the rentfew-dutie, orfew-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.
ToFEWTER, 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. offe,fie, pecunia, opes.
FICHE,s.A fish.Burel.
FICHYT,part. pa.Fixed.Barbour.
FYCHYT,pret.Fetched.Wyntown.
ToFICKLE,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.
ToFIDDLE,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 withWhigmaleerie, q. v.
ToFIKE,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.
ToFike,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.
ToFYLE, 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;filleadhfold, andbeg, 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. offil, 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.
ToFIND,v. a.1. To feel, S.Ramsay.2. To grope, to grubble, S.
FINDY,adj.Full, substantial; q. whatfindsor supports.Kelly.