FAIRFALLEN, adj. Good, honest.
North.

FAIRISH, adj. Tolerably good.
FAIRLY, adv. Softly. North.
FAIR-MAID, S. A dried pilchard.

Devon. FAIRRE, adj.

More fair. Will.

Werw. FAIR-TRO-DAYS, s. Daylight. North. FAIRY, S. A weasel. Devon. FAIRY-BUTTER, s. (1) A fungous excrescence, found about the roots of old trees.

(2) A species of tremella found on furze and broom. FAIRY-DART, 8. A popular name for ancient flint arrow-heads, which were supposed to be thrown by fairies. FAIRY-GROATS, s. An old country word for ancient coins. FAIRY-LOAVES,

FAIRY-FACES,

8. Fossil echini.

FAIRY-MONEY, s. Found treasure. FAIRY-PIPES, 8. Small old tobaccopipes, frequently found in different parts of England. FAIRY-SPARKS. Phosphoric light seen in the night time. FAITEN, v. (4.-N.) To flatter; to deceive; to idle; to beg. Faiterie, flattery, deception.

FAITH, v. To give credit to. FAITHLY, adv. Truly; properly. FAITOUR, 8. (4.-N.) A deceiver; a flatterer; a vagrant; an idle lazy fellow; a scoundrel.

FAKE, v. To thrust ginger into a horse's tail to make him sprightly. East.

FALBELOE, 8. An article of dress.

Here Damon's birth-night suit to view display'd,

Fills with new grief the taylor yet unpaid; There Cloe's mantua hangs, of winds the sport,

In which ten winters since she grac❜d the

court.

Here, on one hook, I oftentimes have seen The warrior's scarlet, and the footman's green;

And near a broken gamester's old roqu'laure,

The tatter'd pawn of some ill-fated whore; Hats, bonnets, scarves, sad arguments of woe,

Beavroys and riding-hoods make up the show. New Crazy Tales, 1783, p. 25.

FALCON, s. A cannon of 2 inch FAKEN, bore, carrying a shot 2lb. weight.

FALD, S. A handspike. Coles. FALDAGE, 8. A right reserved by the lord to set up folds for his sheep in the fields of his tenants. Fald-fee, a composition paid by the tenants in lieu of this service. FALDE, v. To fold; to embrace. FALDERED, adj. Fatigued. Linc. FALDING, S. A sort of rough cloth. FALDOKE, S. A trap-door. FALDSTOOL, s. A portable seat like a camp-stool.

FALE, (1) 8. A pustule, or sore. North.

(2) Wet marshy land. Linc. FALEWEDEN, pret. t. Fallowed. FALKY, adj. Long-stemmed. Cornw. FALL, (1) v. To strike down, or make to fall. East. (2) part. p. Fallen.

(3) s. A falling-band, or vandyke. (4) s. Yeaning of lambs. North. (5) 8. The time of cutting tim

ber. Sussex.

(6) v. To befall; to happen. (7) To try a fall, to wrestle. Fall back, fall edge, at all adventures. To fall in hand, to meet with or meddle. To fall out, or by the ears, to quarrel. To fall through, to be abandoned. Fall of the year, autumn. FALLAL, adj. Meretricious. Shropsh.

(3) adj. Forsworn; perjured. (4) v. To falsify; to deceive. (5) v. To wheedle; to flatter. FALSE-BLOWS, 8. The male blossoms of the melon and cucumber. East. FALSE-BRAY, s. (Fr.) A counterbreastwork.

FALSEHED, 8. (A.-S.) Falsehood. FALSE-POINT, s. A stratagem. FALSE-QUARTERS, S. A soreness inside the hoofs of horses. FALSER, adj. False. Jonson. FALSOR, S. A deceiver.

FALSTE, S. (A.-N.) Falseness. FALTER, v. To thrash barley in the chaff. Faltering-irons, a barleychopper. Linc.

FALTERED, part. p. Dishevelled. North.

FALWE, adj. Yellow.

FALWES, S. (1) Fallow lands.

(2) New-ploughed fields. Pr. P. FALX, 8. A term in wrestling.

Or by the girdles graspt, they practise with the hip,

The forward, backward, falx, the mare, the turne, the trip.

Drayton, Polyolbion, Song i. FALYF, adj. Fallow.

FAM. Upon my fam, upon my faith.
FAMATION, 8. Defamation.
FAMBLE, v. To stutter, or murmur
inarticulately. Linc.

FAMBLE-CROP, s. The first stomach in ruminating animals. East. FAMBLES, S. Hands. An old cant term.

FAME, (1) 8. (4.-S.) Foam. (2) v. To defame.

(3) s. A surgeon's lancet. Linc. FAMELICK, adj. Domestic.

Why thou lookst as like a married-man already, with as grave a fatherly famelick countenance as ever I saw.

Otway, The Atheist, 1684. FAMEN, (1) s. (A.-S.) Foes; foe

men.

(2) v. To famish. FAMILE, v. To be famished. Warw. FAMILIAR, S. The spirit attendant upon a witch or conjurer.

FAMILOUS, adj. Domestic. North. FAMOSE, v. To celebrate. Shakesp.

The Chyna monarch is that same great cam which M. P. Venetus and Mandevile afore him have famoused.

Herbert's Travels, 1638.

FAMULAR, adj. (Lat.) Domestic. FAN, (1) v. To tease, or banter; to beat. Sussex.

(2) v. To winnow corn. Var. d.
(3) v.
To stir about briskly.
Linc.

(4) part. p. Found; felt. Cumb. FANCICAL, adj. Fanciful. West. FANCIES, 8. Light ballads, or airs. Shakesp.

FANCY, (1) Love. Fancy-free, free from love.

Fair Helena in fancy following me.
Shakesp., Mids. N. D., iv, 1.

(2) s. A riband, the prize for
dancers. Cumb.

FAND, pret. t. Found.
FANDE, v. To try. See Fonde.
FANE, 8. (1) A weathercock; a

vane.

(2) (4.-S.) A banner. A fane of a ship, was probably the banner or vane at the head of the mast. (3) The white flower-de-luce. Gerard.

(4) Foes; enemies. FANER, 8. A winnower. Lydg. FANFECKLED, adj. Freckled. North. FANG, (1) 9. A fin. East. A claw. North.

(2) v. To grasp, or clench.

(3) v. To be godfather or godmother to a child. Somerset.

A book? O rare one!

Be not, as is our fangled world, a garment Nobler than that it covers. Sh., Cymb., v, 4. FANGS, 8. The roots of a tree. Linc. FANNAND, part. a. Flowing. GaA priest's

wayne.

FANNEL, 8. (A.-N.)
FANON, f maniple.
FANOM-WATER, S. The discharge

from the sores of cattle. Warw. FANSET, 8. A faucet. Suffolk. FANSOME, adj. Kind; fondling. Cumb.

FANTASIE, 8. (A.-N.) Fancy.
FANTASTICO, S. (Ital.) A coxcomb.
FANTEAGUE, S. (1) A bustle.
(2) Ill-humour. Var. d.
FANTICKLES, s. Freckles. Yorksh
FANTODDS, 8. Indisposition. Leic.
FANTOME, (1) adj. Faint; weak.
Fantome-flesh, flesh that hangs
loosely on the bone. Fantome-
corn, light corn.
(2) Vanity.
FANTOMYSLICHE, adj. Visionary.
Chron. Vil.

FANTONY, adj. (A.-N.) Deceitful.
FANTYSE, S. Deceit. See Fayntise.
FAP, adj. Drunk; tipsy. Shakesp.
FAPES, S. Gooseberries. East.
FAR, adv. Farther. North. I'll be far
if I do, I will not.

FARAND, part. a. Going; faring. Farand-man, a traveller or itinerant merchant. Ill-farand, badlooking. Farantly, orderly, comely, good-natured, neat. North.

FAR-AWAY, adv. By far. North. FAR-BY, prep. Compared with.

North.

Wilts. FANGAST, adj. Fit for marriage.

An old Norfolk word.

FANGE, v. (4.-S.) To catch, or take

hold of. Fanger, a receiver. FANGLE, V. (4.-S.) To trifle, or toy. Fangled, trifling.

A hatred to fangles and the French fooleries of his time. Wood's Athena, col, II, 456.

fill.

Farcing his letter with like fustian, call-
ing his own court our most happy and
shining port, a port of refuge for the
world.
Sandys' Travels, p. 47.

(2) To paint. FARCION, S. The farcy.

FARD, (1) v. (Fr.) To paint the face.

FARE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To go; to
cause to go. Farn, gone.
(2) s. (A.-S.) A journey; course.
(3) v. To approach. North.
(4) v. To eat; to live. North.
(5) 8. Unusual display; enter-
tainment.

(6) s. Adventure; onset.
(7) s. Business.

v. To appear; to seem. Suff. (9) v. To resemble, or act like another.

(10) s. Conduct, or behaviour;
countenance, or face. North.
(11) s. A litter of pigs; the trace
of a hare.

(12) s. A game with dice.
(13) v. To ache, or throb. North.
(14) s. A boast. Faremakere, a
boaster. Pr. P.

FAREINGS, S. Feelings; symptoms.
East.

FAREWEEL, 8. A relish. North. FAR-FET, part. p. Far-fetched.

Somerset.

FARMER, S. The eldest son of the occupier of a farm. Suffolk. FARMERS'-DAY, 8. The day of St. Matthias, in some parts of the country.

FARMERY, S. An infirmary.
FARN-GEARE, s. Last year. North-
umb.
FARNTICKLES, s. Freckles. North.
FARR, v. To ache. North.
FARRAND, (1) adj. Cunning. Linc.
(2) s. Manners; humour. North.
FARREL, S. The fourth part of a
circular oat-cake, divided by a
cross. North.

FARREN, 8. Half an acre. West.
FARRENDINE, s. A sort of stuff.

If I were your wife, I must board half a
year with a friend in the country, tum-
ble about the other half in most vil-
lainous hackneys, lye two pair of stairs
high, and wear black farrendine the
whole year about.

Sedley, The Mulberry Garden, 1668. FARROLL, 8. The cover of a book. Devon.

FARRISEES, S. Fairies. East.

FARROW, 8. A litter of pigs. East.
FARROW-COW, 8. A barren cow.
North.

FARRUPS, 8. The devil. Yorksh.
FARSE, v. To stuff; to fill. See
Farce. Fars, stuffing.
FARSET, S. A coffer.

FARST, adj. Farthest. Craven.
FARSURE, S. Stuffing.
FART, 8. A Portugal fig. "Fartes
of Portingale, or other like swete
conceites. Collyria." Huloet.
FARTHELL, 8. See Fardel.
FARTHING, S. Thirty acres. Cornw.
FARTHINGALE, s. A hoop to swell
out the petticoat or gown. Shak.
She seems a medley of all ages,
With a huge farthingale to swell her fustian
stuff,

A new commode, a topknot, and a ruff.
Swift.
FARTHING-BOUND, adj. Costive.
East.
FARTHINGS, 8.

West.

Flattened peas.

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FASSIS, S. Tassels. Hall. FASSY, S. The farcy. Farsye or fassye, which is a sore upon a

beast or horse. Petimen." Huloet. FAST, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Sure; firm. (2) adj. Very near; intimate. Linc. (3) s. A dish in ancient cookery, composed of eggs, pigeons, and onions.

(4) adj. Full; busy. North.
(5) adv. Liberally.

(6) s. The understratum. West. (7) adj. In use; not to be had. East. FAST-AND-LOOSE, s. (1) A cheating game, played with a stick and a belt or string.

(2) The game of prison-bars.
Norf.

FAST-BY, adv. Very near.
FASTE, v. (4.-S.) To fasten; to

marry.

FASTEN, v. To seize; to detain. Fastening-penny, earnest money. North.

FASTNER, S. A warrant. Grose.
FASYL, S. A flaw in cloth.

FAT, (1) 8. (A.-S. fæt.) A vat; a vessel in general.

(2) s. Eight bushels of grain.
(3) v. To fetch. Var. d
(4) v. To fatten. Linc.

FATCH, S. Thatch; vetches. West.
FATCHED, adj. Perplexed. North.
FATHEADED, adj. Stupid.
FAT-HEN, 8. The wild orache.
FATHER-JOHNSON, s. A schoolboy's
term for the finis or end of a book.
FATHER-LONGLEGS, 8. The insect
otherwise called Harry-longlegs.
FATHOM, S. Full growth. East.
FATIDICAL, adj. (Lat.) Prophetic.
FATIGATE, adj. (Lat.) Fatigued.
FATNESS, 8. Marrow; grease. Linc.
FAT-SAGG, adj. Hanging with fat.
Huloet.

FAT-SHAG, 8. Bacon. East.
FATTERS, 8. Tatters. Craven.
FATTIN, S. A small quantity. North.
FATTLE, S. A schoolboy's term, for
a beat to jump from. Linc.
FAUCHON, 8. (A.-N.) A sword, or
FAUCON, falchion.
FAUD, S. A fold. North.

FAUF, S. Fallow land. North.
FAUGHT, (1) v. To want, or fail.
North.

(2) part. p. Fetched. West. FAUKUN-RAMAGE, 8. A ramage

hawk.

FAUL, S. A farm-yard. Cumb. FAULINING, 8. Hawking. Florio. FAULT, (1) s. Misfortune. Shakesp. (2) v. To see, smell, or scent. East.