An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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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.