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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARV. 41 He then called out the name of some favourite girl, who was led up to him ; there was another kiss. The girl then took the seat, and so on (Co. of Down). The same game is called Frimsey-framsey in parts of the CO. of Antrim. FriBeni, sb, the iron mountings on single and double treea, by which they are attached to a plough or harrow. From fhat I went, from the time that I went. Frost, (1) * By the holy frost,' an exclamation. (2) * She'll sit & frost,* i. e. she will die an old maid. (3) ' The frost has taken the air/ this is said when a wet day follows a clear frosty morning. Fmghans, sb, whortleberries. Same as Blaeberriei. Fmsh, adj. brittle, as applied to wood, &c. : said of flax when the ' shoughs ' separate easily from the fibre. Fudt sb. the tail of a hare. Full &rmer, sb, a large, or well-to-do farmer. Fnm turf, sb. light spongy turf. Fur, sb. a furrow. Furrow and land, the hollows and heights on the surface of a mill- stone. Fut, V. u e. foot, to walk. * Ye futted it weel * = you walkeil quickly. Foxionless, adj. insipid, or innutritions, as applied to fodder, &c. , of inferior quality. Fyammy, adj. applied to a sea bottom coyered with a growth of < fyams,' i, e. tangles. Fyams, sb. the long sea-weeds known as tangles. Oab, (1) sb. the mouth : hence talk. * Gie us none of your gab.* (2) ' All gab and guts like a young crow/ a comparison. Oabbuok, ov Oobbook, sb. the piked dog-fish. Oackin', v. mocking. Oaffer, sb. the head man over a gang of navvies. Oag, (1) sb. a joke ; a deception. (2) V. to ridicule. ' They began with gaggivC other.' Oailick, Geliok, sb. an earwig. Oaily pot, sb. a jam pot. See Oelly oup. Gaining, adj. winsome ; lovesome.