To EXPONE, v. n. to explain.

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FA, FAE, s. foe.

FA’, s. fall.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, s. a grassy turf; a sod.

FAIL-DYKE, s. a wall built of sods.

To FAIRLY, FERLEY, v. n. to wonder.

FAIRNTICKL’D, adj. freckled.

FALD, FAULD, s. a sheepfold.

FAME, FAIM, s. foam.

FAND, pret. found; felt.

FARD, adj. Weel-fard, well-favoured;
well-looking.

FARLE, s. the fourth part of a thin cake of oat or other meal.

FARRAND, FARRANT, adj. seeming; Auld-farrand, sagacious; Fair-farrand, Weel-farrand, having a goodly appearance.

To FASCH, FASH, v. a. to trouble.

FASCHEOUS, adj. troublesome; difficult.

FAUCHT, pret. fought.

To FAW, FA’, v. a. to obtain.

FAY, s. faith.

FE, FEE, s. wages.

FEALE, adj. loyal; faithful; true.

To FECHT, v. a. 1. to fight; 2. to toil.

FECK, FEK, s. 1. quantity; number; 2. the greater part.

FECKLESS, adj. weak.

To FEE, v. a. to hire.

FEENT, not any; not one.

FEENICHIN, adj. triflingly foppish.

FEEZE, v. a. to twist.

FEIGH, FEECH, interj. fy!

To FEIKLE, FICKLE, v. a. to puzzle.

To FELL, adj. to kill; to murder.

To FEND, FEN, v. a. to shift.

FERLIE, FAIRLIE, s. a wonder.

FETTEL, FETTLE, s. power; energy.

FEU, FEW, s. a possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent, the same as a chief-rent in England.

FEYKIE, adj. troublesome.

To FICKE, FYKE, v. n._ to be in a restless state.

FIDDLING, adj. trifling, although apparently busy.

FIDGING, v. n. itching.

To FILE, FYLE, v. a. to dirty or sully.

FILIBEG, s. a kilt or short petticoat, reaching a little way above the knee-cap (patella), and worn by the men in the Highlands instead of breeches.

FILL, s. full.

FILLAT, FILLET, s. the flank of an animal.

FILLER, s. a funnel.

To FIND, FIN, v. a. to feel.

FIREFLAUCHT, s. lightning.

FIRLOT, s. the fourth part of a boll.

FIRTH, s. an estuary.

To FISSLE, v. n. to rustle.

FIXFAX, s. the tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep.

To FIZZ, v. n. to make a hissing noise.

To FLAF, v. n. to flap.

FLAT, s. a floor of a house.