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A DICTIONARY OF 
Fluffweed. Verbascum Thcqmis, L. — Norf. 
Fly -bane. Agaricus muscarius, L. — Prior, p. 82. 
Flydod. Senecio Jacob(Ba, L. — dies. Hal. Wr. ^ Flydod, pronounced 
jieedod It is generally covered with, a dusky yellow fly, which 
accounts for the flrst part of the name. Perhaps it should be fieedochd 
— Wilbraham’s Ches. Gloss. 
Fly Flowers. (1) All species of Orchis except 0. mascula. — Glou. 
(2) Prunella vulgaris, L. — Glou. 
Fly Honeysuckle. A modern book-name for Lonicera Xiylosteum^ 
L. — Prior, p. 82. 
Fly Orchis. Prior, p. 82. A name now confined in books to Ogolmjs 
muscifera, L., but originally more generally applied: thus Lyte (p. 
222) says of various species of Hahenaria and Ophrys, ‘ we may call it 
in English properly FUe Orchis, bycause al the kincles .... have in 
all their floures the proportion and likenesse of one kinde of flie or 
other.’ — Cfr. Fly-flowers. 
Foal-foot, Fole-foot, or Foal’s-foot. From the shape of its leaves. 
(1) Tussilago Farfara, L. — Lyte, Wr. ; North, Hal. ; Cumh. (Fwoal- 
feet), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8; Derb. ; N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; 
Nhamp. ; Nhumb. ; Notts. ; Suf. ; Yks. (E. Yks. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2 ; 
3Rd-Yks. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5, &c. ; Whitby (Fooal-feeat), E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 2). Prior, p. 82. 
(2) Banuncidus Ficaria, L, — Ayrsh, 
(3) Asarum europceum, L. — Lyte. (In Turn. Lib. Folfot.) Prior, 
p. 82. 
(4) Nepeta Olechoma, Benth. — Wr. 
Foalfoot (Folefoot), Sea. Convolvidus Soldanella, L. — Ger. The 
leaves are shaped like those of Asarum and other plants called 
Foalfoot. 
Fog. A term given in Halliwell for ‘ Moss {North ) ; ’ also in 
Jamieson, and applied in Aherdeensh. to ‘mosses of all kinds.’ In N. 
& Q. 1, X. 211, it is given as ‘ the Scottish term for the grey branching 
lichens to be found everywhere.’ It is also a term in pretty general 
use for ‘ the second crop of grass, or aftermath.’ — Hal., &c. 
Fog, Yorkshire. Holcus lanatus, L. — Yks. 
Fog Crocus. See Crocus. 
Foile-foot. Tussilago Farfara, L. — Yks. See Foal-foot. 
Foist. Ly coper don Bovisfa, L. — Suff. Holl. It is doubtless some 
species of Lycoperdon which is intended by Hal. and Wr. by ‘a 
toadstool.’ 
Fold Meadow-grass. See Fowl-grass. 
Fole-foot. See Foal foot. 
Folesfoth (i. e. Eoal’s-foot). ‘ Ground ivy.’ — Hal. Nepeta Gle- 
choma, Benth. 
