Excerpt from The English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. 2: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years
Ftwi''jii''isnorum'' adj. Boiste 1 foéivyandered, ppl. Adj. Lo (3. Founder, sb. Meaning unkno fowat, adj. Meaning unknow foyster, v. ?to feast fraesta, adv. Pfor all that, me fraik, sb. ?a sea-bird frank, v. To entwine, entangl frannel, adj. Succulent, plenti frauzy, adj. Frisky pettish fret, v. Of animals: to render the colic (dial. Unknown). Frewer, sb. A sir-reverence frilled-cowbells, sb. Pl. T aconite, E rant/12''s hyemalz''s (war. Frith, sb. Green branches of between posts, driven into a bea vent the shifting of the shingle rizzack,sb. ?arasher(ofbac froll, sb. An untidy woman frommering, sb. Obs. Me known frowing, prp. Meaning unkn frugal,adj. Relaxed, not costi fryetn, pp. Forgotten (lan.) fud court,p/zr. Meaning unkr.
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