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.