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HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 33 Plop [flop], adv, plump, flat. — ^F. M. Ex. *To tall flop down.' Flonnden [floun-durz], shpl. animals found in the livers of rotten sheep.— Cooper. They are called flook$ or fluder$ in Hants. — Wise. See Fluders. Flonse [flous], v, to dabble, splash, play in the water; said of children, ducks, &c. splashing in the water. — ^Wise. Floush-hole [floush-hoal], a hole that receives the waste water from a mill-pond, and into which it flows with great violence. — Cooper. Flucks [flukz], V, a. to peck in anger like a hen. Ex. ' Th' old hen fluckse^ 'un.' Fluden [flood'urz], sb. pi, worms, which on certain land get into the livers of sheep, when the animal is said to be cothed, CdUed also flook$ and flounders, — ^Wise, New Forest, See Cothe. Flue [floo], adj, washy, weakly, liable to catch cold, tender. Ex. 'That hoi-se is very fiue,^ — Cooper. Also called y7u€y [flooi]. — Wise. See Flew. Fluff [fluf], eh, the nap of a coat, or any light gossamer substance. — F. M. ; Com. Flush [flush], adj, fledged. *Ak. Flush, adj. even or level. — Cooper. Probably general among me- chanic& ' Flush^ a term common to workmen, and applied to sxirfaces which are on the same plane.' — Weale's Diet, of Terms in Architecture, &c. 5th ed. Flying-snakes [flei'in-snaikz], sh. pi, dragon-flies. — Wise. Fob pob],t;. to froth as beer. — Cooper. Ex. 'How the beer/oZw/' — Wise. Fogey [foagi], adj, passionate.-t-Wise, New Forest^ p. 190. Foldshore [foal-dshor], eh, the stake, or shore, which supports the hurdle of the sheepfold. — N. H. Fool [fool], sh, a wag ; a witty person ; one who diverts the com- pany. Ex. ' He do make me laugh so, he be such a/ooZ.' — N. H. It has, in this sense, no reference to want of intellect. Footy [foo-ti], adj, foolish. — Wise, Neio Forest, p. 190. Paltry, trifling, valueless. ^Ak. Silly, foolish, beneath notice. — Cooper. Also, contemptibly small. Fore-right [foa*r-reit], o^/* lieadstrong. — Cooper. In 'Hants a /(we- rigkt person is an idiot, or a simple person, viz. one that without consideration runs headlong and does things hand over head.'— Dr. Pegge, Qlos. of Kenticisms ; E. D. S, Qlos. C. 3.— W. W. 8. Fork [fauk], sh, a digging fork with three tines. See Prong. — ^N". H. Fotoh [foch], pt, t, of vb. to fetch.— Wise, New Forest, p. 190. Fetched [foch-d], pr, of fetch.— N. H. Foust [foust], V. n. to become musty or mouldy. — iN". H. D