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FINNIE, _s._ A salmon not a year old, S. B.
FINNIN, _s._ A fiend, Ang.
_Pitscottie._
Su. G. _fanen_, _fianden_, _fanden_; cacodaemon.
FINNISON, _s._ Anxious expectation, Fifes. Teut. _vinnigh_, acer, vehemens.
_To_ FIPPIL, _v. n._ To whimper.
_Peblis Play._
FIPILLIS.
_Maitland Poems._
Isl. _fipla_, attrectare.
FIR, _adv._ Far.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ FIRE, _v. a._ To bake bread, S.
_J. Nicol._
FYREFANGIT, _part. pa._
1. Laid hold of by fire.
_Douglas._
2. Applied to cheese when swelled and cracked, from being exposed to much heat before it has been dried, S.
FIREFLAUCHT, FYIRSLAUCHT, _s._ Lightning, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _vier_, ignis, and _vlack-en_, spargere flammam; _vierslaen_, excutere ignem.
FYRIT, _pret. v._ Perh. dragged.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
FIRLOT, FYRLOT, FURLET, _s._ The fourth part of a boll of corn, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _feorth_, and _lot_, quarta portio.
FIRRON, FARREN, _adj._ Belonging to the fir.
_Douglas._
FIRTH, _s._
1. An estuary, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. A bay.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _fiaerd_, Isl. _fiord-r_, fretum.
FIRTH, FYRTH, _s._ A sheltered place, an inclosure.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _frith-ian_, tueri, protegere.
_To_ FISSLE, _v. n._ To make a slight continued noise, to rustle, S.
Teut. _futsel-en_, agitare, fact.i.tare, attrectare.
~Fissle~, ~Fistle~, _s._ Bustle, fuss, S.
_Ross._
FIT, _s._ Foot, S.
