| fa | faa | faw |
fɑ |
to fall, to happen to one, fall, befall (in blessings/curse - fa fair, fa foul, fa shame) |
in context |
| fa's | faws |
|
falls |
in context |
| fa |
|
to come by, to win |
|
| faa |
|
entrails and bits used for sausages |
|
| fa'n | faan |
|
fallen |
|
| fa aboot |
ˈfɑˈabut |
set about a task |
|
| factor |
|
a property manager or a business agent |
|
| faddom |
ˈfadəm |
fathom |
|
| fadge |
fadʒ |
flat round thick loaf or bannock |
|
| fadmel |
|
a weight measure for a lump of lead |
|
| fae |
fe |
from, foe |
in context |
| faem | fame |
|
foam |
|
| faik |
fek |
grasp,grip, fold in a garment, fold out and back as in the mouth of a bag, coil as in rope |
in context |
| faik |
|
lower, abate, remit (money), spare, let go |
|
| fail |
fel |
turf for a roof or wall, sod |
|
| fail dyke |
fel dəik |
turf wall |
|
| faimish |
|
famish |
|
| faimlie | faimilie |
|
family |
|
| faimish |
|
famish |
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| fain |
|
affectionate, loving |
|
| fainness |
|
joy, liking, love |
|
| faiple |
fepl |
loose drooping underlip |
|
| fair |
|
fair, complete, utter |
|
| yer fair done in |
|
you're utterly exhausted |
|
| fair furth the gate |
|
candid |
|
| faird |
ferd |
a hasty movement, impetus |
|
| fair fa | fairfaa | fairfaw |
|
good befall! welcome, bless |
|
| fairfolk |
|
fairies |
|
| fairin |
|
a present from a fair |
|
| fairly |
|
certainly! of course! - emphatic |
in context |
| fairmer |
|
farmer |
|
| faither | fallie |
|
father |
in context |
| faize |
|
annoy, ruffle |
|
| faize-oot |
|
fray, become less new through use |
|
| fallachen |
ˈfalaxan |
a hoard, a concealed store |
in context |
| fallae | fallie | falla | fallow |
|
fellow |
|
| falsers |
|
false teeth |
in context |
| falset |
|
liar, lie |
|
| falset jotters |
|
forged papers |
in context |
| falset loon |
|
charlatan |
in context |
| fan | fand |
|
found, put to the test |
in context |
| fang |
faŋ |
a capture, booty, stolen goods, heavy bundle |
|
| fang |
|
the power of suction - pump, hoover etc. |
|
| aff the fang |
|
without one's usual power or skill |
|
| fank |
|
sheep pen, rope coil |
|
| fankle |
ˈfaɳkl |
tangle, become entangled, ensnare, complicate |
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| fankling | fangling |
|
tangling, complicating |
in context |
| fantoush | fantoosh |
|
flashy |
|
| far | fer |
|
far |
|
| far-aff |
|
far-off |
|
| farawa skreed |
|
a letter from abroad |
|
| farawa wi't |
|
seriously ill |
|
| faran | farran |
|
starboard side of the boat |
|
| fardel |
|
a fourth part, a quarter |
|
| fardel | farl |
|
a three conered cake (fourth part of a round cake - triangular) e.g. tattie scones, soda scones, oatcakes, shortbread, treacle scones, mmmmmmm |
|
| fareweel |
ˈferwil |
farewell tattie scone, doon the hatch... |
in context |
| farin | farein |
ferın |
food, fare |
|
| farkage |
|
an untidy bundle or heap |
|
| farrach |
ˈfarəx |
strength |
|
| fas |
|
a tassel, a thing of little value |
|
| fash | fasch |
|
annoy, irritate, trouble, inconvenience, afflict |
in context |
| dinni fash yersel |
|
do not worry, do not be troubled |
in context |
| fasherie |
|
trouble |
|
| fashious |
|
troublesome |
|
| fastern's e'en |
ˈfastərnzˈivən |
Shrove Tuesday |
|
| fatterals |
|
ribbon ends |
|
| fauch | faugh |
ˈfɑx |
a fallow field, the breaking up of such a field, light brown |
in context |
| fauchat |
|
throw in, give up |
|
| fauchle | fyachle |
ˈfjɑxl |
work lazily, listlessly, useless worker |
|
| faucht, focht |
ˈfɑxt |
fought |
|
| faugh | fauch |
fɑx |
pale brown, yellowish |
|
| fauld | fald |
fɑld |
fold in cloth, a strand of rope, fold shut, a sheep-fold, animal pen |
|
| fauld dyke |
ˈfɑld diək |
the wall enclosing such an enclosure |
|
| faun |
|
fallen |
|
| faur | fer |
fɑr |
far |
|
| faur back |
|
long ago |
|
| faurdin |
|
farthing |
|
| faurer |
|
farther |
|
| fause |
fɑs |
false, treacherous |
|
| fause-house |
|
props in a cornstack forming a hollow to assist the drying of it |
|
| faut |
fɑt |
blame, fault |
in context |
| fautor |
|
transgressor |
|
| feal |
|
loyal, faithful |
|
| feardie |
|
a person feeling scared |
|
| feart | feartit |
|
feared, scared |
in context |
| feasible | faisible |
ˈfezəbl |
feasible |
|
| feat | feit |
fit |
adroit, clever, trim |
|
| fecht | ficht | focht |
fɛxt |
fight |
in context |
| ficht wi one's ain taes |
|
be extremely quarrelsome - fight with one's own toes |
|
| a sair fecht |
|
a struggle, a difficult task |
in context |
| feck |
|
effect, force, value, the greater part |
|
| feckfu |
fɛkfu |
powerful, effective |
|
| feckless |
|
weak, incompetent |
|
| fee |
|
engagement as servant, servants wages |
in context |
| feech |
fix |
expressing disgust |
|
| feechie |
|
disgusting, foul |
in context |
| feem | feim |
fim |
get hot and bothered, state of agitation, in a sweat |
|
| feenish | feinish |
|
finish |
|
| feeroch | | feeroch | feiroch | feerich |
ˈfirox |
state of agitation, bustle, rage |
|
| feerochry |
|
a state of great rage |
in context |
| feersum |
|
fearsome |
in context |
| feeze |
fiz |
a screw, a screwing or twisting motion |
|
| feff |
|
a bad smell |
|
| feg |
fɛg |
a fig |
|
| fegs |
|
truly, faithfully - by my fegs (oath) |
|
| feide |
|
feud |
|
| feifteen |
|
fifteen |
|
| feingie | fenzie | fenye |
ˈfɛŋjɪ |
feign, make pretence |
|
| feir | fere |
fir |
a band, a host |
|
| fell |
|
cause to fall, stunning blow, kill, injure |
|
| fell |
fɛl |
a steep rocky hill (moor) |
|
| fell |
|
remarkable or considerable of its kind, fierce |
in context |
| fell |
|
of cruel disposition, ruthless (person), inclement, severe (weather) |
|
| felter |
|
tangle |
|
| feltieflier |
ˈfɛltɪˈfliər |
the fieldfare |
|
| fenceless |
|
defenseless |
|
| fend |
|
defend, shelter, guard |
|
| fendin |
|
provision, support |
|
| fent |
|
opening in garment |
|
| ferdy |
ferdɪ |
strong, active |
|
| fere | feir | feer |
fir |
healthy, sturdy |
|
| fere for fere |
|
equal in every respect |
|
| hale an fere |
|
unimpaired |
|
| ferlie | ferly |
ˈfɛrlɪ |
wonder, marvel, a strange sight |
|
| ferm | fairm |
ˈfɛrm |
farm |
|
| fermer | fairmer |
|
farmer |
|
| ferntickled |
ˈfɛrnˈtɪklt |
freckled |
in context |
| fernyear |
|
the preceding year |
|
| ferrier |
|
farrier, vet |
|
| fesh | fech | fess |
ˈfɛʃ |
fetch |
|
| fest |
|
fast |
|
| fettle | fettil |
ˈfɛtl |
strength, condition, to repair, to set about or to work, neat, trim, well made, suited |
|
| feuch |
|
to puff - at a pipe, a draw, a puff |
in context |
| feuch |
|
a resounding blow, in a state of rage |
|
| feuchter |
ˈfjuxtər |
a slight fall of snow |
|
| fey |
fe |
doomed, cursed by the fairies |
|
| ficher |
ˈfixər |
fumble, fiddle nervously with ones fingers |
|
| fickle |
|
difficult |
|
| fickler |
|
a problem, puzzle |
|
| fidder |
|
flutter, excited |
|
| fiddle | feedle |
|
fiddle |
|
| fiddler |
|
fiddler |
|
| fiddler's biddin |
|
a last-minute invitation |
|
| fidge |
|
fidget |
|
| fidgin' fain |
|
extremely impatient, too eager |
|
| fiel | felde |
fild |
field |
|
| fieldie | fieldy |
|
hedge-sparrow |
|
| fient | feint | feent |
fint |
devil, fiend |
|
| fift |
|
fifth |
|
| fillebeg |
|
kilt - but originally meant the whole plaid which formed the kilt and with spare to wrap the torso and at night the whole thing could double as a wrap when in the open on the hill to act like a sleeping bag |
|
| filschach |
ˈfɪlʃəx |
greedy untrustworthy person |
|
| fine |
|
comfortable, had sufficient, |
|
| fine that |
|
indeed, certainly |
|
| finger-neb |
|
finger tip |
|
| finnd | fin |
|
find |
|
| finnicky |
ˈfɪnɪkɪ |
fussy pernickity |
|
| finkel |
|
fennel |
|
| fir-tap | fir-yowe |
|
fir-cone |
|
| fire | fyre |
|
ignite, fire |
|
| fire-flaucht |
fəirflɑxt |
lightning bolt |
|
| firlot | ferlot |
|
dry volume - the fourth part of a boll - lippies, pecks, firlots, bolls and chalders varied depending on what was being measured |
|
| firr |
|
state of agitation or excitement |
|
| firris |
|
excitement, rage |
|
| firth |
fɪrθ |
a wide inlet of the sea, an estuary - not a translation, that's their name - if narrow then a sea loch |
in context |
| fisherin |
|
fish eating |
in context |
| fush | fisch |
|
fish |
|
| fishies | fischies |
|
fish |
in context |
| fissle |
|
make a rustling , scuffling noise, fuss |
|
| fit | fuit | fute |
|
foot |
in context |
| ilka fit an fur |
|
every detail |
|
| fitbaa | fitba | fitbaw |
|
football |
|
| fitlike |
fɪtləik |
how are you, similar to, just as so, such as |
in context |
| fits a' dae |
|
what is happening here then, what's wrong |
in context |
| fittie-lan |
|
the near horse of the hind-most pair in the plough |
|
| fittock |
|
stocking with the foot cut off |
|
| fittiefie |
ˈfɪtɪˈfaɪ |
a whim |
|
| fiver | fivver |
ˈfɪvr |
fever |
|
| fixins |
|
repairs |
in context |
| fizzin |
|
making a fuss, be in a great rage |
in context |
| flaff | flaf |
|
flap, flutter, palpitate |
|
| flaffin |
|
flapping, making innefectual undirected progress with a task |
|
| flag |
|
a large snowflake |
|
| flae |
fli |
a flea, a fly |
|
| flaich | flech |
flɛx |
a flea, a restless person, to scratch oneself vigorously (to move the flea (dog)) |
in context |
| flainin |
|
flannen |
in context |
| flair | fleer | fluir |
ˈflər |
floor |
in context |
| flait | flate |
flet |
scolded |
|
| flamagaster |
flaməˈgastər |
a stunning shock of surprise or dissapointment |
|
| flang |
|
flung |
|
| flannen |
|
flannel |
|
| flaucht |
ˈflɑxt |
flash, burst of lightning, weave intertwine |
|
| flauchter |
ˈflɑxtər |
pare turf from the ground |
|
| flaunter |
|
tremble excitedly |
|
| fleckit |
|
dappled, flecked |
|
| flee | flie |
fli |
a fly, to fly, also move at speed |
in context |
| flees |
|
storms into, takes off |
in context |
| a close mooth catches nae flees |
|
watch it, idle gossip causes trouble |
|
| flee-aboot |
|
being restlessly busy all over the place |
|
| flee-intae |
|
attack with vigour |
in context |
| let that flee stick tae the wa |
|
leave that subject or topic for another time |
|
| nae flees on him/her |
|
a person who is alert, clever and quick witted |
|
| fleein |
|
hilariously drunk, flying |
in context |
| fleech | fleetch | flietch |
flitʃ |
wheedle, coax, cajole |
|
| fleem |
fløm |
phlegm |
|
| fleep |
flip |
a lazy oaf |
|
| fleesh |
fliʃ |
fleece |
|
| fleet | fleit |
|
float, scold |
|
| fleet |
|
fast, quick of foot |
|
| fleet dyke |
|
a wall to prevent flooding |
in context |
| fleg |
flɛg |
fright, to frighten |
in context |
| gie us a rare fleg |
|
give us a really good fright |
in context |
| flesh |
|
meat |
|
| flesher | fleshour |
|
butcher |
|
| flet |
|
a flat |
|
| fleth'rin |
ˈflɛðərɪn |
flattering |
|
| fleuk | fluke |
fljuk |
a flounder, flatfish |
|
| flew | fleu |
|
flew |
|
| flewit |
fljuıt |
a sharp lash |
|
| fley |
fləi |
frighten, scare, a frightening person |
|
| flicher |
ˈflɪxər |
giggle |
|
| flicht |
ˈflıxt |
flight |
in context |
| flichter |
ˈflɪxtər |
flutter, fly awkwardly - (of light ) flicker |
in context |
| flichtermoose |
ˈflıxtərmus |
bat |
|
| flinders | flitters |
|
shreds, splinters |
|
| fling |
|
a Scottish dance, the act of kicking out |
|
| flinty |
flɪntɪ |
sharp, keen |
in context |
| flird |
|
flaunt |
|
| flisk |
|
whisk, frisk |
|
| flit |
|
shift, move home |
|
| moonlicht-flit |
|
moving at night to avoid rent etc |
|
| flittit |
|
moved away |
|
| flocht |
floxt |
the act of fleeing |
|
| flodge |
flodʒ |
walk clumsily |
in context |
| flooer | flo'er | floor | flour | flouer |
flur |
flower, flour |
in context |
| flotter |
|
overflow |
|
| flow |
|
a bog, a morass |
|
| flozent |
|
swollen, puffed up |
|
| fluff |
|
blow, puff, move in the breeze |
|
| fluffer |
|
excite, agitate |
|
| flunge |
|
caper |
|
| flunkie |
flʌnkı |
servant |
|
| flumgummery |
flʌmˈgʌmərɪ |
any foolish thing, action or carry on |
|
| flunner |
flunər |
flounder |
|
| fluther |
flʌðər |
confusion, agitation |
|
| flype | flipe |
ˈfləip |
fold back, flop down heavily for a short rest |
|
| flyte | flite |
ˈfləit |
scold |
|
| focht | fochten |
ˈfɑxt |
fought |
in context |
| fodge |
fodʒ |
fat clumsy person |
|
| fodgel |
|
plump, buxom |
|
| fog | fogg |
|
moss, lichen |
|
| foldie |
|
foldable |
in context |
| follae | folla |
|
follow, accompany |
|
| foo | fow |
fu |
how, for what reason |
in context |
| foo istye ca'm |
|
what is it you call him |
|
| foo istadae wi ye |
ˈfuˈɪstəˈdeˈwijɪ |
what is the matter with you |
|
| foond |
|
found |
in context |
| foonder | founder |
|
collapse |
|
| foonds | founds |
|
foundations |
|
| foongil |
ˈfundʒəl |
work shy person |
|
| foor |
|
fared |
|
| foorich |
ˈfurəx |
bustle, confusion |
|
| foosh |
|
soot, dust, light powdery substance, mouldy, smells mouldy |
|
| for | fur | fir | fur |
for |
for, because of, as a result of |
|
| for aa that |
|
notwithstanding |
|
| for fear |
|
lest |
|
| foraye |
forəi |
forever |
|
| forbears |
|
forefathers |
|
| forby |
forˈbaɪ |
beyond, besides, in addition to, except |
|
| fordlel | fordell |
ˈfordl |
lead, advancement |
|
| forder | further |
ˈfordər |
further |
|
| fordone |
ˈfordrøn |
exhausted |
|
| fordullit |
|
made stupid |
|
| fore |
|
before |
|
| fore-caddie |
|
going ahead of the player to observe where the golf ball landed |
|
| foregang |
ˈforˈgjaŋ |
an omen or wraith thought to foretell death |
|
| forehaimer |
ˈforˈhɛmər |
sledge-hammer |
|
| foreheid |
ˈforˈhid |
forehead |
|
| foreland |
|
beach |
|
| foremaist |
ˈformest |
foremost, first |
|
| forenent |
|
before, in front of |
|
| forenicht |
ˈforˈnɪxt |
evening |
|
| forenuin | forenune |
ˈforˈnøn |
forenoon |
|
| foreside |
|
front |
|
| forfairn |
|
worn out, forlorn |
|
| forfecht | forfochen | forfochten | forfauchlet |
fərˈfoxtən |
be overcome, exhausted, done in, at the end of one's tether |
in context |
| forfend |
|
to prevent, forbid, to defend |
in context |
| forforn |
|
worn out |
|
| forgain |
|
opposite |
|
| forgaither | forgather |
ˈfərˈgeðər |
assemble |
|
| forgie |
ˈforgi |
forgive |
|
| forgoat |
|
forgot |
in context |
| forgrutten |
|
tear-stained |
|
| forhou | forhoo |
fərˈhu |
forsake |
in context |
| forjaskit | forjeskit |
fərˈdʒɛskɪt |
fatigued, jaded |
|
| forker | forky tail |
|
earwig |
|
| forleet | forleit |
|
forsake |
|
| forloppin |
forˈlopən |
renegade, deserting one's duty |
in context |
| fornacket |
fərˈnakət |
a hard slap |
in context |
| fornyaw |
forˈnjɑ |
worn out, tired |
|
| forrit |
|
forward |
in context |
| back an forrit |
|
backwards and forwards |
|
| forritsome |
|
bold, impudent |
|
| forsay |
|
deny |
|
| fotch |
|
swop one for another, flinch |
|
| fother |
|
fodder |
|
| fothersome |
|
rash |
|
| fou | fu | foo | fow |
fu |
full, drunk |
in context |
| stottin fou |
|
extremely drunk |
in context |
| foughten |
|
troubled |
|
| foumart | thumart |
|
polecat, ferret |
in context |
| fousome |
|
loathsome, dirty |
|
| foust | foost |
|
rot, mould |
|
| foustie | foostie |
ˈfustɪ |
decayed, mouldy |
in context |
| fouter | footer |
ˈfutər |
bungle, exasperating behaviour,work in an unskilled way |
in context |
| fouth | footh |
fuθ |
abundance |
|
| fouthless |
|
barren |
|
| foutie | footie |
ˈfutɪ |
mean, despicable |
in context |
| fow |
fʌu |
a pitchfork, a restless tossing movement (feet) |
|
| fower | fouer |
fʌur |
numeral four |
in context |
| fower-neukit |
|
four cornered |
|
| fower-oors |
|
afternoon meal (tea) |
|
| fowert |
|
fourth |
|
| fowerteen | fowerteent |
|
fourteen |
|
| fowertie |
|
forty |
|
| fowertiet |
|
fortieth |
|
| fowk | folk | foak | foke |
fʌuk |
people, folk |
|
| foy |
|
a leaving celebration |
in context |
| fozie |
|
soft spongy, flabby, dull, stupid |
|
| foziness |
|
ponginess, flabbiness, stupidity |
in context |
| frae | fi | fra |
fre |
from |
in context |
| fraik | frake |
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a whim, an odd notion, flattery, a flatterer, coax |
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| frail |
frel |
a rush basket |
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| frammle |
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gobble up, confused mass |
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| fraucht |
frɑxt |
freight, load |
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| frawart |
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contrary, perverse |
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| freelie | freely |
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completely |
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| freend | freen | freend | frein | frien |
frind |
friend |
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| freenge | freinge |
frindʒ |
fringe |
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| freit | freet |
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superstition, sayings |
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| fremd | fremmit |
frɛmd |
foreign, unfamiliar, uncommon, alien |
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| freuch |
frjux |
dry and brittle |
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| awa tae Freuchie |
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go to blazes - also there is such a place as Freuchie and turns out that it was not too far from where I was as a kid when I first heard that term but didn't know it was a place |
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| fricht |
frɪxt |
fright, frighten |
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| frichtsome |
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frightful |
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| frizzel | frezel |
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the steel to get sparks with when you hit a flint |
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| fro |
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froth, foam |
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| froun | froon |
frun |
frown |
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| frump |
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the sulks |
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| fruize | fruze |
fruz |
froze |
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| frush |
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crisp, short, crumbly, bold |
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| fruster |
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bring to nothing, make useless |
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| fryne | frine |
frəin |
fret |
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| fu |
fu |
full |
in context |
| fu-han't |
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full-handed |
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| fud |
fʌd |
buttocks, a short tail (of a rabbit or hare), pubic hair (girl) |
in context |
| fudder |
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hurry |
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| fuff |
fʌf |
emit puffs of smoke, puff, huff or rage |
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| fuffle |
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dishevel, ruffle, rearrange, fuss |
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| fugie |
fjudɪ |
fugitive |
in context |
| fuid | fid | fude |
fød |
food |
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| fuil | fil | fule |
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fool |
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| fuird | foord | furde |
førd |
ford |
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| fuirday |
ˈføˈde |
late in the day |
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| fuish |
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fetch |
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| fulmart |
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bird, a type of petrel |
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| fulyie | fuillie |
ˈfuljı |
dirt, filth, garbage |
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| fum |
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disagreeable smell, awful aroma |
in context |
| fummle |
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fumble |
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| fund | fun |
fʌnd |
found |
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| fung | funk |
fʌnk |
kick, throw up the legs (horse) get upset, fly into a temper |
in context |
| fupperty jig |
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a trick, a dodge |
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| fur | for |
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for |
in context |
| dinni worry, whit’s fur ye’ll no go past ye |
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do not be disappointed by whatever has not gone your way, whatever is meant for you will not pass you by, have no fear |
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| fur, furr |
fʌr |
furrow made by a plough |
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| fur-ahin |
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the hindmost plough-horse in the furrow |
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| fure |
før |
carry, convey - by sea |
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| furlie |
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a piece of machinery or equipment, esp. one that revolves or has wheels |
in context |
| furlie-majigger |
ˈfʌrlɪˈməˈdʒgər |
whirliegig, a cheap showy ornament |
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| furm | firm |
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a wooden form |
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| furrin |
fʌrın |
foreign, abroad |
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| furst |
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first |
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| furth | foorth |
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forth, out of doors, - gang furth an multiply |
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| fushion |
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plenty, vigour, the sustaining goodness in food, energy |
in context |
| fushionless |
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insipid, without vigour, lacking in nourishment, without energy |
in context |
| fy |
faɪ |
hurry, or a calling to notice |
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| fy aye |
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yes indeed no question! |
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| fyke | fike |
fiək fık fɛk |
fuss, fidget, fret, vex |
in context |
| fykerie |
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fussing over trifling matters, fidgety |
in context |
| fyle | file |
fiəl |
defame, to defile, make dirty, foul |
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| fyooack |
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tiny quantity of anything, next to nothing |
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| fyoonach |
fjunax |
a light dusting of snow |
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