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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_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._

FRIM-FRAM, _s._ Trifle.

_Presb. Eloq._

_To_ FRIST, _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, _adj_ First.

_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.

_To_ FROG, _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._

_To_ FRONT, _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.

_To_ FRUSCH, FRWSCH, _v. a._

1. To dash.

_Douglas._

2. To break in pieces.

_Barbour._

3. To overthrow.

_Wallace._

Fr. _froiss-er_, to dash.

_To_ ~Frusch~, _v. n._ To break.

_Wallace._

~Frusch, Frush~, _adj._. Brittle, S.

Teut. _broosch_, fragilis.

_Minst. Bord._

~Frusch~, s. Breaking.

_Barbour._

_To_ FRUSTIR, _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; or _hwida_, 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.

_To_ ~Fuff~, _v. a._ To blow intermittently, S.

_Burns._

~Fuff~, _s._ A puff, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Fuffars~, _s. pl._ Bellows, Ang.

_To_ FUFFLE, _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._

_To_ FULE, _v. n._ To play the fool.

_Barbour._

FULYE, _s._

1. A leaf.

_Douglas._

2. Leaf gold, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _feuille_, id.

_To_ FULYIE, _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._

_To_ FUNDY, 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~.

_To_ FUNK, _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~.

_To_ FURE, _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, and _ijser_, steel.

FURK ~and~ FOS, 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._

_To_ FURROW, _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._

_To_ FURTHEYET, _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._

_To_ FURTHSCHAW, _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._

FUTIE, _adj._ Mean, S.

V. ~Fouty~.

G

_To_ GA, GAE, _v. n._

1. To go, S.

A. S. _ga-n_, Isl. _ga_, id.

_Wallace._

2. _To gae throw_, to bungle, S.

3. _To gae throw_, to waste, S.

4. _To gae_ one's _gait_, to depart, S.

5. _To gae with_, to go to wreck, S.

GAAR, GARR, _s._

1. Vegetable substance in the bed of a river, S. B.

2. Rheum from the eyes, when hardened, S. B.

A. S. _gor_, coenum.

GAB, _s._

1. The mouth, S.

Ir. _gob_.

_Ramsay._

2. The taste, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ GAB, _v. n._

1. To mock.

_Barbour._

Isl. _gabb-a_, A. S. _gabb-en_, deridere.

2. To prate, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

~Gab~, _s._

1. Prating, S.

2. Entertaining conversation, S.

_Burns._

~Gabbed~, _adj._ Loquacious, S. B.

_Auld-gabbit_, sagacious, S.

_Ramsay._

~Gabby~, _adj._

1. Having fluency of speech, S.

_Hamilton._

2. Loquacious, S.

_Journal Lond._

~Gabbing~, _s._

1. Mockery.

_Barbour._

2. Jeering, raillery.

_Douglas._

A. S. _gabbung_, derisio.

_To_ GABBER, _v. n._ To jabber, S.

Belg. _gabber-en_, id.

GABBIT, _s._ A fragment, S. B.

O. E. _gobet_. Fr. _gob_, a morsel.

GABER, _s._ A lean horse, Stirlings.

GABERLUNYIE, _s._ A wallet that hangs on the loins.

_Ritson._

~Gaberlunyie-man~, _s._ The man who carries the wallet.

_Callander._

GABERT, _s._ A lighter, S.

Fr. _gabare_.

_Statist. Acc._

GABERTS, _s. pl._

1. A kind of gallows for supporting the wheel of a draw-well, Ang.

2. Three poles of wood, forming an angle at the top, for weighing hay, Ang.

GAD, GADE, _s._

1. A rod, S.

_Skene._

2. A spear.

_Dalyell._

3. A fishing-rod, S. A.

4. A goad.

_Z. Boyd._

A. S. _gaad_, _gad_, stimulus.

~Gadwand~, _s._ A goad for driving cattle, S.

_Douglas._

_To_ GADGE, _v. n._ To talk idly with stupid gravity.

_Ramsay._

_To_ GADYR, _v. a._ To gather.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _gaeder-an_, id.

~Gaddryng~, _s._ Assembly.

_Wyntown._

GAE, _s._ The jay, a bird.

_Burel._

GAF, GAFF, _pret._ Gave.

_Barbour._

GAFF, _s._ A sort of net.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ To laugh aloud, S.

V. ~Gawf~.

_Ramsay._

~Gaffaw~, _s._ A loud laugh, S.

V. ~Gawf~.

_To_ GAGOIUN, _v. a._ To ridicule.

Fr. _gogay-er_, to mock.

_Godly Ball._

GAY, _adv._ Moderately.

V. ~Gey~.

GAID, _pret._ Went, S.

_R. Bruce._

GAYN-CUM, _s._ Return.

_Wyntown._

GAYNIS, _s._ Perh. gaiety.

_Maitland P._

GAIR, GARE, _s._

1. A triangular piece of cloth inserted at the bottom of a shift or robe, S. Also _Gore_.

_Henrysone._

Isl. _geir_, segmentum panni figura triquetra.

2. A slip of tender fertile grass in a barren situation, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Gaired~, ~Gairy~, _adj._ Having streaks of different colours, S. A _gairy cow_, a cow thus streaked.

~Gairie-bee~, _s._ Apis terrestris, S.

GAIRDONE, _s._ Perh. for _guerdon_, reward.

_Henrysone._

GAIRFISH, _s._ The Porpoise, Ang.

_Statist. Acc._

GAIS, _imperat._ of _Ga_, to go.

_Wyntown._

GAISHON, _s._

1. A skeleton, Stirl. Dumfr.

_Hogg._

2. An obstacle or impediment, Fife.

Hence, _ill-gaishon'd_, mischievously disposed, ibid.

GAISLIN, _s._ A young goose, S.

Su. G. _gaasling_. id.

_Ferguson._

GAIST, GAST, _s._

1. The soul.

_Wyntown._

2. A ghost, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _gaste_, Belg. _gheest_.

3. A piece of dead coal, S.

GAIT, GATE, _s._

1. A way, S.

_Wallace_.

Su. G. Isl. _gata_, semita, via.

2. An indefinite space.

_Wallace._

3. A street, S.

Su. G. _gata_, id.

_Burel._

4. A warlike expedition.

_Gawan and Gol._

5. As an _adv. Sa gat_, so; _How gats_, in what manner; _Thus gatis_, after this manner; _Mony gatis_, in various ways.

6. _To tak the gait_, to depart, to run away; also, to begin to walk out, S.

7. _To had the gate_, to prosper.

_Gl. Ramsay._

~Gatewards~, _adv._ Towards, S. B.

GAIT, _s._ A goat, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _get_, A. S. _gat_, id.

GAIT GLYDIS.

V. ~Glyde~.

_Maitland P._

_To_ GAIT, _v. a._ To set up sheaves on end, S. B.

Isl. _gat_, foramen, _gat-a_, perforare.