An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 321
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 321
_Sir Tristrem._
FOWMARTE, _s._ A polecat, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
O. Fr. _ful_, fetid, and _merder_, a martin.
FOWSUM, FOUSUM, _adj._
1. Luscious, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Obscene, gross.
_Chron. S. P._
3. Nauseous, E. _fulsome_.
_Ross._
A. S. _ful_, impurus, obscoenus, and _sum_.
~Fowsumlie~, _adv._ Loathsomely large.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
FOWSUM, _adj._ Somewhat too large, S. B. from _fow_, full.
_To_ FOX, _v. n._ To dissemble.
_Baillie._
Isl. _fox-a_, fallere.
_To_ FOZE, _v. n._ To become mouldy, Perths. E. _fust_.
FOZY, _adj._
1. Spungy, porous, S.
2. Applied to one who is _purfled_, or _blawn up_, S. B.
3. Deficient in understanding, S. B.
A. S. _wosig_, humidus, Teut. _voos_, spongiosus.
FRA, FRAY, FRAE, _prep._ From, S.
_Douglas._
2. From the time that.
_Barbour._
A. S. Isl. _fra_, ab, ex.
~Fra~, _conj._ Since, seeing, S.
_Barbour._
FRAAT, _conj._ Nevertheless, corr. of _for a that_, S.
_Ross._
FRACK, FRAK, FRECK,
1. Ready, active.
_Diallog._
~Frakly~, _adv._ Hastily.
_Douglas._
2. Vigorous, though advanced in life, S. B.
3. Open, ingenuous.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ ~maik frack~, to make ready.
_Knox._
Su. G. _fraeck_, Isl. _frek-r_, strenuus, citus.
_To_ ~Frak~, _v. n._ To move swiftly.
_Doug._