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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"

_ The membrane loaded with fat, in the bellies of
animals: a term used by butchers.
Flook. _s._ An animal found in the liver of sheep, similar in
shape to a flook or flounder.
Flush. _adj._ Fledged; able to fly: (applied to young birds.)
FooA¤se. _s._ Force. See VooA¤se.
To FooA¤se. _v.a._ To force.
Foo'ter. _s._ [Fr. _foutre_] A scurvy fellow; a term of
contempt.
Foo'ty. _adj._ Insignificant; paltry; of no account.
For'rel. _s._ the cover of a book.
Forweend'. _adj._ Humoursome; difficult to please: (applied
to children).
Fout. _preterite._ of to fight.
French-nut. _s._ A walnut.
To Frump. _v.a._ To trump up.
To Frunt. _v.a._ To affront.
To Fur. _v.a._ To throw.
Fur'cum. _s._ The bottom: the whole.
Fur'nis. _s._ A large vessel or boiler, used for brewing, and
other purposes; fixed with bricks and mortar, and surrounded with
flues, for the circulation of heat, and exit of smoke.


G.

Gaern. _s._ A garden.
Gale. _s._ An old bull castrated.


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