246 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



said, ' Only a pump which I was foolharding with last night.' " — North 



Wilts Herald, 9th Feb., 1894, p. 5, col. 6. 

 FogO. A had smell. Cp. HogO. 

 For e- ey e d . Fore-sighted. 



Foreright. (2) Add .— N.W. (Chippenham, etc.) 



*Four -6y€?S. A man who wears spectacles will very often he spoken of as 

 " ould Vower-eyes." 



*Forum-Snoriim. Boisterous and rude.— Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 

 1881. A variant, like vorous-norus and snorus-vorus, of nolens -volens. 



F0X-tails. Catkins of Salix, Willow. S.W. (Orcheston.) 



*Frack. Fractious. N.W. (Chute.) 



French. Onobrychis sativa, Lamk., Sainfoin. N.W. (Calstone.) 



"^Frike. See quotation :— 



" 'Frike Friday [is] mentioned in connection with Hock-tide in the 



churchwardens' accounts of St. Thomas, Salisbury. " — Wilts Notes and 



Queries, vi., 278. 



Frog's-meat. Toadstools, fungi. S.W. (Deverill, etc.) 



Furze-chat. Saxicola rupetra, Whinchat. 



Furze-hawker. Add .— (2) " VuZZ-hacker, ? ' Saxicola rupetra, 

 the Whinchat. (Slow.) S.W. 



Gait, Gate, Fashion, habit, trick. "That's a nasty gait o' yourn, snuff - 

 taking." S.W. (Deverill.) 



*Gaited. Sprung, slightly cracked. 



Gaily. Add:— When peas are boiling too fast, a little cold water will be 

 poured into the pot, " to galler 'em." 



Gam-hocked. Clumsy-footed, awkward. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



"^Gape-Snatch. A fellow ready to catch at anything. N.W. 



~*Gapsnatch. n. Something to gape or stare at. S.W. (Deverill, etc.) 



GaWCUm. A booby, a simpleton. (Hist, of Chipp.J N.W. 



Gentleman's finger. Arum niaculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. N.W. 



(Calstone.) 



Gicksey. Add : — (2) A schoolboy's " squeaker," made by cutting a tongue 



in a green corn-stalk, so as to vibrate when blown into. 

 Gift. A white mark on the finger-nail. 



^Giggle. To romp. (S.) Cp. G igletting. 



