110 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Flunk, A spark of fire; probably a form of Blink, 2. 8.W. 
Flush. *(1) 2x. Of grass, a strong and abundant growth. (Agric of Wilts, 
ch. 12.) 
(2) adj. Of young birds, fledged. (A.B.) N. & SW. 
(3) adj. Of grass, etc., luxuriant. N.W. 
Flustrated. (1) Taken aback, flustered. (Wilts Tales, p.119.) N.W. 
(2) Tipsy. N.W. 
*Fodder. A labourer “fodders” his boots—stuffs soft hay into them to fill 
up, when they are too large for him. (Village Miners.) 
F ogger, A man who attends to the cows and takes them their fodder. (My 
Old Village, etc.) A groom or man-servant (H.), the duties of groom and 
fogger being usually discharged by the same man on farms about Marl- 
borough. N. & 8.W. 
Fold-shore. A stake pitched to support a hurdle. (D.H.) S.W. 
Follow or Follow on.. To continue. “IE you do want a good crop, you 
must follow on a hoeing o’ the ground; but you can’t do no hoeing so long 
as it do follow raining.” (Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxii., p. 111.) NW. 
*Foot-cock. A small cock of hay. (D.) 
F ooty. Paltry (A.B.), as a present not so large as was expected (Village 
Miners.) N.W. 
For. Often affixed to the verbs say and think. “’Teant the same as you said 
for’’; “I beant as old as you thinks for.” 
Forefeed, Vorfeed. To turn cattle out in spring into a pasture which is 
afterwards to be laid up for hay. N.W. 
Foreri ght, Vorright. (1) Headstrong, self-willed, “ He be so vorright 
there’s no telling he anything.” N. & S.E.W. 
(2) Just opposite. “ Vorright thuck shard.” N.W. 
Fork. The apparatus used by thatchers for carrying the elms up to the 
roof. N.W. 
Forester. (1) A New Forest horse-fly. S.W. 
(2) Any very tall thistle growing among underwood. N.W. (Marlborough.) 
*Fossel, Fold-sail. A fold-shore. (D.) See Sails. 
Frame. A skeleton. ‘‘Her’s nothing in the world but a frame.” N.W. 
=H rea, F ry. To make a brushwood drain. (D.) 
F reglam. Odds and ends of cold vegetables, fried up with a little bacon to 
give a relish. N.W., obsolete. 
‘Fresh liquor. Unsalted hog’s-fat. (A.) N.W. 
Frickle, Friggle. To potter about at little jobs, such as an old man can 
