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ferlie
marvel; novelty; wonderful; strange
 

Ferlie
ferly a wonder.
 

Ferlie
to marvel.
 

fernie-tickles
freckles
 

Ferr (eg Ferr enough)
Fair
 

fest
fast
 

Fetches
catches, gurgles.
 

Fetch't
stopped suddenly.
 

fettle
strenghth ; state of mind
 

Fey
fated to death.
 

Fidge
to fidget, to wriggle.
 

fidgin-fain
anxiously eager
 

Fidgin-fain
tingling-wild.
 

Fiel
well.
 

Fient
fiend, a petty oath.
 

Fient a
not a, devil a.
 

Fient haet
nothing (fiend have it).
 

Fient haet o'
not one of.
 

Fient-ma-care
the fiend may care (I don't!).
 

Fier
sound, active.
 

Fier, fiere
companion.
 

Filth, The
The police
 

Fin'
to find.
 

first foot
the first visitor in the New Year (who, for good luck, should be handsome and bring a gift)
 

firth
estuary
 

Fissle
tingle, fidget with delight.
 

Fit
foot.
 

Fit
Good looking or sexy. (Usually used to describe a girl)
 

Fitba
Football
 

Fittie-lan'
the near horse of the hind-most pair in the plough.
 

Flae
a flea.
 

Flaffin
flapping.
 

Flainin, flannen
flannel.
 

Flang
flung.
 

flashes
decorative fabric, attached to the garters, to show below the fold of men?s hose when wearing a kilt
 

flaunter
blench; waver; veer erratically; equivocate
 

Flee
to fly.
 

Fleech
wheedle.
 

fleer
sneer
 

Fleesh
fleece.
 

fleg
scare
 

Fleg
scare, blow, jerk.
 

Fleth'rin
flattering.
 

Flewit
a sharp lash.
 

Fley
to scare.
 

Flichterin
fluttering.
 

Flinders
shreds, broken pieces.
 

fling
throw
 

Fling
Throw
 

Flinging
kicking out in dancing; capering.
 

Flingin-tree
a piece of timber hung by way of partition between two
 

Fliskit
fretted, capered.
 

Flit
to shift.
 

Flittering
fluttering.
 

flittin
house removal
 

Flooer
Flower
 

flouer
flower
 

flumgummerie
tomfoolery
 

Flutter
A bet (on the horses)
 

fly plaid
simply a piece of woolen cloth that one would wear over other clothing.
 

flyte
scold
 

Flyte
scold.
 

Foalian
Following
 

Fock, focks
folk.
 

Fodgel
dumpy.
 

foggie; old, out-of-date person
 

Foor
fared (i. e. went).
 

Foorsday
Thursday.
 

Foot
Meddle
 

footer
nuisance
 

footer about
mess about
 

Forbears
forebears, forefathers.
 

forby(e)
besides
 

Forby, forbye
besides.
 

forder
thrive ; promote
 

forefowk
ancestors
 

foreland
the beach
 

forenent
facing; in front of; opposite
 

forenicht
early evening
 

forestair
open outside stair
 

Forfairn
worn out; forlorn.
 

forfend
prevent
 

forfochen
exhausted
 

Forfoughten
exhausted.
 

Forgather
to meet with.
 

Forgie
to forgive.
 

Forjesket
jaded.
 

forjeskit
exhausted
 

Forrit
forward.
 

Fother
fodder.
 

Fou, fow
full (i. e.drunk).
 

Foughten
troubled.
 

Foumart
a polecat.
 

found
lay the foundation of; foundation; reserve of money
 

Foursome
a quartet.
 

fouter
botch; fuss with little effect; potter about; bungler; muddle
 

fouth
plenty
 

Fouth
fulness, abundance.
 

Fow
v. fou.
 

Fow
a bushel.