328 PROVINCIALISMS. 



To FALTER ; to thrafh barley in the chaff, in or- 

 der to break offthetiwns. 

 To FASH ; to teaz^, and vex by importunity. 

 FAT-HEN ; cbeiropodiitm ; goofefoot. 

 FAUD ; a trufs-of /hort ftraw, containing as much 



as the arms can well " faud ;" that is, fold. 

 FAUF ; a fallow, or ground repeatedly tilled, with- 

 ' cut an intervening crrp. 

 To FEAL ; to hidL j , in the general fenfe. 

 To FEED (v. a.) ; to fat cattle or fheep. " I mean 



to feed him ;" I intend to fat him. 

 To FELLY ; to break up a fallow. 

 FEND ; activity, management, afliduity, prowefs. 

 To FEND ; to ftrive, as for a livelihood. 

 To FEY ; to winnow with the natural wind. 

 To FEZZON CN ; to feize fiercely; as the biill- 



dog f.iftcns on the baitvd bull. 

 To FICK ; to ftruggle or fight with the legs ; as a 



cow in the " tie;" or a child in the cradle. 

 FIRE-EYLDING ; fuel. 

 FITCHES 5 vicia; vetches. 

 To F. FTLE ; to prepare, adjuft, or make ready. 



[FAX ; the fincws of the neck of cattle and fheep. 

 To FLACK ; to flicker as a bird ; to throb as a 



wound. 



FLAGS ; flakes of fnow are called " fnaw-flags.? 

 To FLAN ; to fpread wide ; as the fides of a bowl 



or feu tile ; opnofite to upright. 

 To FLAY ; to frighten, in the general fenfe. 



FLAY- 



