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40 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Fordersome, what forwards any work ; manageable. Fore. *To the /we' = in existence. Fore-end, sb. the beginning, or early pari * He may go out in the /ore-end of the day.* Fore-milk, sb, the first milk got from a cow at each milking ; it is very poor and watery, Foreway, to get thefareway of one ; to forestall ; to anticipate one. Forget, ab. an omission ; a neglect. ' That was a gre&tforgetJ' Fomenst, opposite to ; in exchange fur. Forra-eoo, sb, a cow that has been giving milk, for say nine or ten months, and is not with calf. Forrardy Forrit, adj. fast, as a clock. * She's twenty-minutes /orrarc^.' Fortht sb, an earthen fort or rath. Fosey, a^ spongy, like an overgrown turnip, or decayed wood. Foul ground, sb. the bottom of the sea, where it is covered with rocks or stones, and sea- weed. Founded, Foundet, sb. anything. * There was not a foundet in the house/ i, e, there was nothing — always used with a negative. Founder, sb, a catarrh ; a cold, or illness. * The boy has got & founder.* Foundered, culj. exhausted or lamed with wet and cold. ^ The horse vnxa foundered in one of his forelegs.' Fower-squftre, adj. square. Fozedy adj. Women's cloth boots sxe/oxed when they have a bind- ing of leather on the cloth all round next the sole. Foxing, adj, scheming. Foxy, sb. a term for a red-haired person. Freen, sh. friend, or relative. F^eet, sb. an omen. Freety, adj. having belief in charms or omens. * We're no that freety about here.' French fliei , sb. a boy's game. Friend, Freen, sb, a relative. 'They're far out friends of mine, but I niver seen them.' Frimsy-framsy. Same as Frincy-francy, q. v. Frincy-firanoy, sb, a game played between the dances at balls in farm-houses. A chair was placed in the middle of the bam or room ; the master of the ceremonies led to the chair a 3*oung woman, who sat down and named the young man whom she was willing should kiss her. This he did, and then took the seut which the ladv vacated.