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ESK, _s._ a newt or lizard.
_To_ ETTIL, _v. n._ to aim at.
_To_ EVEN, _v. a._ to level.
EVENDOUN, _adj._ perpendicular.
EVIRLY, _adv._ continually; constantly.
EVINLY, _adj._ equally.
_To_ EXCAMB, _v. a._ to exchange.
_To_ EXPONE, _v. n._ to explain.
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FA, FAE, _s._ foe.
FA', _s._ fall.
FAIL, FALE, FEAL, _s._ a gra.s.sy turf; a sod.
FAIL-d.y.k.e, _s._ a wall built of sods.
_To_ FAIRLY, FERLEY, _v. n._ to wonder.
FAIRNTICKL'D, _adj._ freckled.
FALD, FAULD, _s._ a sheepfold.
FAME, FAIM, _s._ foam.
FAND, _pret._ found; felt.
FARD, _adj._ _Weel-fard_, well-favoured; well-looking.
FARLE, _s._ the fourth part of a thin cake of oat or other meal.
FARRAND, FARRANT, _adj._ seeming; _Auld-farrand_, sagacious; _Fair-farrand_, _Weel-farrand_, having a goodly appearance.
_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._ to trouble.
FASCHEOUS, _adj._ troublesome; difficult.
FAUCHT, _pret._ fought.
_To_ FAW, FA', _v. a._ to obtain.
FAY, _s._ faith.
FE, FEE, _s._ wages.
FEALE, _adj._ loyal; faithful; true.
_To_ FECHT, _v. a._ 1. to fight; 2. to toil.
f.e.c.k, FEK, _s._ 1. quant.i.ty; number; 2. the greater part.
f.e.c.kLESS, _adj._ weak.
_To_ FEE, _v. a._ to hire.
FEENT, not any; not one.
FEENICHIN, _adj._ triflingly foppish.
FEEZE, _v. a._ to twist.
FEIGH, FEECH, _interj._ fy!
_To_ FEIKLE, FICKLE, _v. a._ to puzzle.
_To_ FELL, _adj._ to kill; to murder.
_To_ FEND, FEN, _v. a._ to s.h.i.+ft.
FERLIE, FAIRLIE, _s._ a wonder.
FETTEL, FETTLE, _s._ power; energy.
FEU, FEW, _s._ a possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent, the same as a chief-rent in England.
FEYKIE, _adj._ troublesome.
To FICKE, FYKE, v. n._ to be in a restless state.
FIDDLING, _adj._ trifling, although apparently busy.
FIDGING, _v. n._ itching.
To FILE, FYLE, _v. a._ to dirty or sully.
FILIBEG, _s._ a kilt or short petticoat, reaching a little way above the knee-cap (_patella_), and worn by the men in the Highlands instead of breeches.
FILL, _s._ full.
