FINDLE, s.
1. Any thing found, S.
2. The act of finding, S. B.
A. S. fyndele, adinventio.
FINDSILY, adj. Apt to find.
Kelly.
A. S. find-an, and saelig, felix.
To FINE, FYNE, v. n. To make an end.
Wyntown.
FINGER-FED, adj. Delicately brought up, S. A.
FINGERIN, s. Worsted spun of combed
wool, on the small wheel, S.
Colvil.
Fingroms, s. pl. Woollen cloth, denominated,
as would seem, from the quality of
the worsted, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.
FYNYST, part. pa. Bounded.
Douglas.
FYNKLE, s. Fennel.
S. P. Repr.
Lat. foenicul-um.
FINNACK, FINNOC, FINNER, A
white trout, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
Gael. feannog, id.
FINNER, s. A species of whale.
St. Acc.
FINNIE, s. A salmon not a year old, S. B.
FINNIN, s. A fiend, Ang.
Pitscottie.
Su. G. fanen, fianden, fanden; cacodaemon.
FINNISON, s. Anxious expectation, Fifes.
Teut. vinnigh, acer, vehemens.
To FIPPIL, v. n. To whimper.
Peblis Play.
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.
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.