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front, frunt,
front [frʌnt]
n. The front. The front garden.
v. To front.
bon, bonfrost, freest, froast, froastie, froastie, frost, frost-hole, frostie, frostit, frosty,
frost [frɔst, frost]
n. Frost, ice.
v. To fit frost nails to a horse's shoes to stop it slipping.
pt. pp. frostit adj. Inflamed by cold.
 
frosty
adj. Frosty.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bonfrost I.Sh.: A very severe frost.
frost-hole: A frost nail hole.
frostiness: Frostiness.
fraeth, fraith, fraodin, frau, freath, freeth, freethe, freith, freithin, freyth, fro, froa, froad, froath, frod, froe, froed, froey, froh, froie, froin, froo, frood, froth, frothe, frothin, frou, frow, frowe, frui, fryth, frythe,
froth [frɔθ, froθ, I.Sh. froːd]
also fro [froː, frø] and freith [SW. WC. friθ, SEC. S. freθ]
n. Froth, foam, whisked cream. Lather. SW. WC. A hasty washing of clothes.
v. To froth, foam, to bubble. To make a lather.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frothin, SEC. S. SW. WC. freithin: Frothing.
froon, frooned, froont, froun, frouned, frount,
froun [frun]
n. A frown.
pt.frount
v. To frown.
frö, frou, frou, frow, frowdie, frowdy, frowe, fru,
frowe [frʌu]
n. A big, buxom woman.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frowdie [ˈfrʌudɪ]: An old woman's cap with a seam in the back.
frou [I.Sh. fru]: A fishermen's tabu-name for a (married) woman.
frugal, througal, throughgal,
frugal [ˈfrugəl, θruːgəl, NN. ˈfrʌugəl]
adj. Frugal, frank, kindly, hospitable.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frugality: Frugality.
freet, frit, fruct, fruit, fruitfu, frute, frutefu,
fruit [S. C. I. frøt, C. frɪt, N. frit]
n. Fruit, milk products.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fruitfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Fruitful.
frammle, frammle, frample, frimp, frimple_frample, frimple-frample, frimpse, frimse, froms, frump, frumpelt, frumple, frumpled, frumps, frumpse, frumpset, frums, frumse, frumset, fumple, thrump, thrumple, thrumpled,
frumple [frʌmpl]
v. To crease, crumple.
pt. pp. frumpelt
 
frammle
v. To gobble.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frimple-frample [ˈfrɪmpl frampl]: In a confused, promiscuous or tangled manner.
frump : I.Sh. To be fretful, peevish.
frumps: I.Sh. A gesture of distaste, disdain or impatience. The sulks, a peevish or fretful mood.
frumpset: I.Sh. Peevish, fretful, moody, offended without cause.
fronch, fronsh, frunch, frunched, fruncht, frunsh,
frunch [S. ˈfrʌnʃ]
v. To whine, fret, to look peevish and displeased.
pt. pp. fruncht adj. Deep in thought with wrinkled brows.
frush, frushie,
frush [frʌʃ]
n. Small fragments, splinters.
dim. frushie A kind of tart with short pastry.
adj. Of wood, vegetable fibre and cloth etc.: decayed, brittle. Of soil: crumbly, friable, loose. Also frushie.
v. arch. To smash to pieces, to crush.

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