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foxterie, foxtery, foxtherie, foxthery,
foxterie [ˈfɔkstəriː]
n. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
foe, foi, foy,
foy [fɔɪ, foe]
n. A farewell feast or party.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Johnsmass foy: A celebration held on St John's Day, which generally coincided with the arrival of the Dutch herring fleet in Lerwick harbour.
fooz, fooze, foozy, fosey, fosie, fosiness, fossy, fosy, fouze, fouzy, foze, fozie, foziness, fozy,
foze [ˈfoːz, S. ˈfuːz]
v. To lose the flavour, to become mouldy.
 
fozie [ˈfoːzi, S. ˈfuːzɪ]
adj. Soft, spongy, ragged, frayed, flabby. A dull, stupid.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
foziness: Sponginess, flabbiness, stupidity.
forca, fraca, fracaw,
fraca [frəˈkaː, frəˈkɑː, -kɔː, fɔrˈkɔː]
n. Fracas. A fuss, palaver.
fraction, fractious, frection,
fraction [ˈfrakʃən]
n. A fraction.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fractious: Fractious.
fracter, fractur,
fractur [ˈfraktər]
n. A fracture.
v. To fracture.
frad,
frad [I.Sh. frad]
n. A fart.
v. To beak wind, to fart.
f$ae, fa, fae, faet, fay, fe, fea, fee, feh, fey, fi, fom, fra, fra$, frae, frae$t, frea, freet, frey, fri, fruh, frum, hrae, thrae, threh, whaurfae,
frae [freː]
also fae [feː, NN.b. fəi], S. thrae [θreː]
prep. From, of place, motion or time. Of the time of day: to, before an hour.
conj. From the time that.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frae't: From it.
ootby frae: Away from.
ower frae: Opposite, facing, across from.
frain, frained, fraint, frane, frayn, frayne,
frain [fren]
v. arch. To ask, inquire.
pt. pp. fraint.
fraam, fram,
fram [I.Sh. fram]
adv. Forward, away, off on a journey.
adj. Seaward, far out at sea or the deep-sea, far off.

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