Part 21
_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.
_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.