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mouse _s._ a bat (Ger. _Fledermaus_) Flook _s._ a flounder; also a parasite in the liver of sheep Flush _adj._ fledged, in full feather _adv._ even with Foase _v._ to wheedle, to deceive _adj._ false Fob _s._ froth, slaver _v._ to put off with a pretence Fog _s._ old, withered or spoilt grass Fog-earth _s._ bog-earth, peat Foggy _adj._ fat, corpulent Fooase, or Vooase _v._ to force, to oblige Footer _s._ a worthless shabby fellow _adj._ footy Fore-spur, or Vore-spur _s._ the fore-leg of pork Fore-right, Vore-right _adj._ rash, head-long, head-strong Forrel _s._ the cover of a book, the selvage of a handkerchief Forware, or Verware _v._ to indemnify Forweend _adj._ hard to please, wayward, spoilt in nursing Frame _v._ to form, fashion the speech, ex. If I wur axed I could'nt frame to spake it so Frange _s._ fringe (Fr. _frange_) Free-bore _adj._ free, free-born French-nut _s._ walnut Fret _v._ to eat, as the lower animals (G _fressen_, A S _fretan_, as opposed to G _essen_, A S _etan_, applied to man): ex. The moth fretteth the garment; a use of the word retained in the West, and usually applied to the browsing of cattle Furcum, or Vurcum _s._ the whole, even to the bottom Furr, or Vurr _v._ to cast a stone far Fump _s._ the whole of a business Fuz, Fuzzen, Furze _s._ gorse, prov. When fuz is out o' blossom Kissing's out o' fashin Fuz-pig _s._ hedge hog Gad _s._ a fagot-stick; Spar-gad a twisted stick picked at both ends to spar (Ger. _sperren_) or fasten down thatch. Near Bath, spick-gad Gain _adj._ handy; Gainer more handy Gale _s._ an old bull castrated Gall _s._ a wet place, abounding in springs Gally, Gallow _v._ to frighten; Gallied frightened Shak. K. Lear, iii, 2, "Skies gallow the wanderer" Gally-baggur _s._ bug-bear, a trace of the time when gallows were a more common sight Gamble _s._ a leg, (Ital. _gamba_) Gambril _s._ a crooked stick used by butchers to suspend a carcase Gammets, Gamoting _s._ whims, tricks, pranks Ganny-cock _s._ a turkey-cock Ganny-cock's nob _s._ the appendage to a turkey-cock's beak Gapes-nest _s._ an idle spectacle Gare _s._ gear; Ire-gare _s._ plough-gear, iron-work Garn, or Gearn, Gearden _s._ a garden Gatchel _s._ the mouth Gate-shord, or sheard _s._ a gate-way, a place for a gate Gatfer _s._ an old man (good father) G'auf to g
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