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fleep, fleepie, fleip, flipe, flype, flypie,
flype [fləip, MN. NN.b. I.Ork. flip]
n. A fold, brim, flap or turn-up of a garment. Also MN. A lazy lout, an oaf.
dim. flypie [SN. ˈflipi]: A somersault, a state of agitation or bewilderment.
v. To fold a covering outwards and backwards on itself, to turn wholly or partially inside out, as a sleeve or a stocking etc. To ruffle, tear off the skin in strips, to peel. To pluck wool from a sheepskin.
flear, fleer, fleir, fleyr, flier, flyer, flyre,
flyre [ˈfləir]
n. A leer, grin, grimace. A fit of laughter.
v. To fleer, jeer, gibe, to leer, to laugh scornfully or unbecomingly. To make wry faces like before crying. To grumble, complain.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
flyre up: To look surly.
flaet, flait, flaite, flaitit, flate, fleit, flet, fleyt, fleyten, fleytit, flightan, flite, flitit, flitten, flout, floutit, flyt, flyte, flyted, flyten, flyter, flyter, flytin, flytin, flytin_free, flyting, flyting, flytit, forflitten, forflutten,
flyte [fləit]
n. A scolding, a vehement reproof, a scolding match.
v. To scold, chide, rail, to altercate.
pt. flytit, flate [flet, flɛt]
pp. flytit, flitten [ˈflɪtən], flyten [ˈfləitən]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
forflitten [fərˈ-]: Excessively scolded or abused.
flyter: A scolder.
flytin [ˈfləitɪn]: Scolding.
flytin free: So intimate with one as to presume to scold him, blameless, and therefore free or entitled to reprimand those who are guilty.
foal, foaley, foalie, foally, fole, russie-foal,
foal [foːl]
n. A foal.
dim. foalie
v. Of a horse: to cast, throw off its rider.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
foal's fit: S. The coltsfoot Tussilago farfara or WC. lesser celandine Ficaria verna.
russie-foal: I.Sh. A young stallion. A foal with a matted shaggy coa. A slovenly unkempt person.
fab, fob, fobb, fobbit,
fob [fɔb, fob]
v. To pant with heat or exertion, gasp, breathe hard.
pt. pp. fobbit
fodge, fodgel, fodgle, fudge, fudgel,
fodge [ˈfɔdʒ, ˈfʌdʒ]
n. A fat, clumsy, thick-set person.
 
fodgle [ˈfɔdʒəl, ˈfʌdʒəl]
adj. Dumpy and stout.
foag, foagie, fog, fogg, foggage, foggagey, foggagy, fogged, foggeege, foggie, foggietoddler, foggie-toddler, foggit, foggy, foggytoddler, foggy-toddler, fowg, fowggy, fowgie, fowgy, fug, fugg, fuggie, fuggie-toddler, fuggit, fuggy, fuggy-toddler, weel-foggit,
fog [fɔg, fog, fʌg]
n. Moss, lichen, grass left in the field in winter often used as a material for packing walls.
dim. foggie The wild or carder bee. Bombus muscorum. A veteran soldier.
v. To gather moss. To become moss-grown. To use moss as a stuffing material in walls or roofs. To save money, gather wealth, feather one's nest. To stuff one's stomach with food, to eat heartily.
pt. pp. foggit adj. Covered in moss or lichen.
 
foggie [ˈfɔgi, ˈfogi, ˈfʌgɪ]
adj. Mossy, covered with moss or lichen. Soft and spongy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
foggage [ˈfɔgədʒ]: Winter grazing.
foggagey: adj. Of grass: rank, tufted, matted.
foggie-toddler: The wild or carder bee Bombus muscorum.
marsh fog: WC. The sphagnum moss sphagnum palustre.
moss fog: The mosses commonly found growing on peat bogs.
peat fog: MN. The moss or sphagnum on a dried peat.
weel foggit: Well-off as the result of thrift.
white fog: WC. The reindeer moss Cladonia rangiferina
fogri, fogrie,
fogrie [I.Sh. ˈfɔri]
n. A fishermen's tabu-name for the mackerel.
feyhal, foichal, foichel, fychel,
foichel [ˈfɔiçəl, ˈfəiçəl]
n. A cant term for a girl from sixteen to twenty years of age. A little, thickset child. A foal.
foal, foalie, fold, fole, folie, phoal,
fole [I.Ork. foːl]
n. A small, soft, thick oatcake.
dim. folie

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