Glossary.

Letter F

FACINOROUS
wicked
FACT
guilt
FACTIOUS
instant, importunate
FACULTY
essential virtue or power
FADGE
to suit
FADING
a kind of ending to a song
FAIN
glad
FAIN
gladly
FAIR
beauty
FAITOR
a traitor
FALLOW
fawn-coloured
FALSE
falsehood
FALSING
deceptive
FAMILIAR
a familiar spirit
FANCY-FREE
untouched by love
FANG
to seize in the teeth
FANTASTIC
a fantastical person
FAP
drunk
FAR
farther
FARCED
stuffed
FARDEL
a burden
FARTUOUS
used ridiculously for ' virtuous.'
FAST
assuredly, unalterably
FAT
dull
FAVOUR
countenance
Complexion
Quality
FEAR
the object of fear
FEAR
to affright
FEARFUL
subject to fear, timorous
FEAT
dexterous
FEAT
to make fine
FEATER
comp. degree. more neatly
FEATLY
nimbly, daintily
FEATURE
beauty
FEDERARY
confederate
FEEDER
agent, servant
FEE-GRIEF
a grief held, as it were, in fee-simple, or the peculiar property of him who possesses it
FEERE
a companion, husband
FEHEMENTLY
used ridiculously for 'vehemently.'
FELL
the hide
FENCE
art or skill in defence
FEODARY
one who holds an estate by suit or service to a superior lord; hence one who acts under the direction of another
FESTER
to rankle, grow virulent
FESTINATELY
quickly
FET
fetched
FICO
a fig
FIELDED
in the field of battle
FIG
to insult
FIGHTS
clothes hung round a ship to conceal the men from the enemy
FILE
a list or catalogue
FILE
to defile
To smooth or polish
To make even
FILL-HORSE
shaft-horse
FILLS
the shafts
FILTH
a whore
FINE
end
FINE
to make fine or specious
FINELESS
endless
FIRAGO
ridiculously used for 'Virago.'
FIRE-DRAKE
Will o' the Wisp
FIRE-NEW
with the glitter of novelty on, like newly- forged metal
FIRK
to chastise
FIT
a canto or division of a song
A trick or habit
FITCHEW
a polecat
FIVES
a disease incident to horses
FLAP-DRAGON
raisins in burning brandy
FLAP-JACK
a pan-cake
FLAT
certain
FLATNESS
lowness, depth
FLAW
a gust of wind
sudden emotion, or the cause of it
FLAW
to make a flaw in, to break
FLECKED
spotted, streaked
FLEET
to float
To pass away
to pass the time
FLEETING
inconstant
FLESHMENT
the act of fleshing the sword, hence the first feat of arms
FLEWED
furnished with hanging lips, as hounds are
FLIGHT
a particular mode of practising archery
FLIRT-GILL
a light woman
FLOTE
wave, sea
FLOURISH
an ornament
FLOURISH
to ornament, disguise with ornament
FLUSH
fresh, full of vigour
FOIL
defeat, disadvantage
FOIN
to fence, fight
FOISON
plenty
FOND
foolish, foolishly affectionate
FOOT-CLOTH
a saddle-cloth hanging down to the ground
FORBID
accursed, outlawed
FORBODE
forbidden
FORCE
to stuff, for 'farce.'
FORCED
falsely attributed
FORDO
to kill, destroy
To weary
FOREIGN
obliged to live abroad
FOREPAST
former
FORESLOW
to delay
FORFEND
to forbid
FORGETIVE
inventive
FORKED
horned
FORMAL
regular, retaining its proper and essential characteristic
FORSPEAK
to speak against
FORSPENT
exhausted, weary
FORTHRIGHT
a straight path; forthrights and meanders, straight paths and crooked ones
FORWEARY
to weary, exhaust
FOSSET-SELLER
one who sells the pipes inserted into a vessel to give vent to the liquor, and stopped by a spigot
FOX
a sword; a cant word
FOX-SHIP
the cunning of the fox
FRAMPOLD
peevish, unquiet
FRANK
the feeding place of swine
FRANKED
confined
FRANKLIN
a freeholder, a small squire
FRAUGHT
freighted
FRAUGHTAGE
freight
FRAUGHTING
to fraught. loading or constituting the
cargo of a ship
FRESH
a spring of fresh water
FRET
the stop of a guitar
FRET
to wear away
To variegate
FRIEND
to befriend
FRIPPERY
an old-clothes shop
FRONT
to affront, oppose
FRONTIER
opposition
FRONTLET
that which is worn on the forehead
FRUSH
to break or bruise
FRUSTRATE
frustrated
FUB OFF
to put off
FULFILL
to fill full
FULL
complete
FULLAM
a loaded die
FULSOME
lustful
FURNISHED
equipped
FURNITOR
furnitory, an herb