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ing Dish made of Oatmeal boyl'd in Water to a kind of Jelly or Consistence and strained.

Flush in the Pocket, c. full of Money. The Cull is flush in the Fob, the Spark's Pocket is well Lined with Money. Flushing in the Face, a frequent redning, occasion'd by a sudden Question, surprize, and also from a distemper'd Liver.

Flustered. Drunk.

Flute, c. the Recorder. of London, or of any other Town.

Flutter, or Flie low, anciently to Flitter, hence a Flitter-mouse or Bat; as much as to say, a Flying Mouse, as an Owl is a Flying-Cat

Flyers, c. Shoes.

Flying-Camps, Beggers plying in Bodies at Funerals.


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Fob, c. a cheat, trick; also a little Pocket.

Fob off, slyly to cheat or deceive.

Fogus, c. Tobacco. Tip me gage of Fogus, c give me a Pipe of Tobacco.

Foiling, the Footing of Deer on the Grass, scarce seen.

Folks, the Servants, or ordinary People, as Country-folks, Harvest-Folks, Work-folks, &c. The Folks Bread or Pudding, for the coarsest Bread or Pudding.

Fool's Coat, or Colours, a Motley of incongruous Colours too near a Kin to match,. as Red and Yellow, which is the Fool's Coat with us, as Blew and Green is with the French. A Fool's-Coat, a Tulip so called, striped with Red and Yellow.

Fools-Cap, a sort of Paper so called.

Footman's Mawnd, c. an artificial Sore made with unslack'd Lime, Soap and the Rust of old Iron; on the Backof