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34 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. Fonsty [fou'sti], adj, musty, mouldy. — N. H. Fowsty [fou'sti], adj, musty, ill-sayoured. It is also spoken of tLc asthma called the fow$ty and a person is said to be fow%iy when he has a fit of it— P. M. Fractious [frak'shus], adj. quarrelsome, fretful. *Ak. But this is general Frail [frail], sb. a rush basket, in which labourers carry their food. Ex. * And in his/rat^ a most glorious dinner, hanging on a hedge- stake.' — ^Blackmore's Cradock Notvelly iii. p. 65. Fray [frai], v. a. to frighten. See Bird-fraying. — 1^. H. Fresh [fresh], th. homebrewed small-beer, requiring to be drunk new or fresh. — Uooper. Fresh liquor, sb. unsalted hog's fat. *Ak. Frim [frim], adj growing fast, full of sap. — iN". H. Fringed water-lilies [frinj-d wau*tur li-liz], Menyantkes nymphy- aides, sh, the buckbean. Frit [frit], pp* as adj, frightened. — N, and Q. 1st Ser. x. 120. See Frought. Fritch [frich], adj. intimate, sociable. — Grose ; F. M. The same as Flitch. Ex. * You are very fritch with your advice,' ♦. e. very forward or impertinently busy. — ^Wise. See Flitoli. Frith [frith], sb, copse-wood. — Wise, New Forest, p. 183. Frithing [fridh*ing], part, pr. cutting underwood. — Blackmore's Cradock Powelly iii. 64. Froar [froar], pp. frozen* *Ak. — Wise. Fromward or Frommard [frum-ord], sb. a tool used in lath-rending or cleaving. — N. H. Frought [fraut], pp. frightened. — N. and Q, Ist Ser. x. 120. Some- times pronounced Frit. Front [frout], adj. angry. — Winch. Seh. 01. Frow [frou], adj. apt to break off short. — N. H. Frum ^rum], adj. fresh, juicy ; applied to com, grass, vegetables, &C. ^Ak. Apples from the tree are said to be frum. See Frim. Frump [frump], sb. a cross old woman. — F. M. Frying-pans [frei-in-panz], sb. pi. the ' cups ' of acorns. — ^Wise. Fudgy [fudj'i], adj. irritable, fretful, uneasy. Ex. * They young cows are apt to he fudgy in milking.' — N. H. Funch [funch], v. a. to push rudely. Ex. ' He funched me, an' I funched *un agin.' — J. A mispronunciation for punch. Fnrk [furk], v. to expel; to he furked, tohe expelled. — Windi. Seh. OL [Old Eng. firke, to drive away.]