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166 Pay. Faith. Iss fay! Yes faith! Fay in Chaucer. Fetj and fay are Celtic Cornish words. Feather-bow. The plant fever-few. Feather-bog. A quagmire. M.A.C. Feather-tye. A feather bed. FeebS; or Feeps. Pitch and toss. M.A.C. Fellon. Alveolar abscess. A cattle disease. Fellon-herb. Chick weed. M.A.C. Felen is Celtic Cornish for wormwood. (The mouse-ear hawk weed, c.) Fer. Far. Fer, Chaucer, Fernig. See Furnig. Fern-webb. A small brown beetle used in fishing. (Fernicock. M.A.C.) Melorontha horticola. Fescue, or Vester. A pointer for teaching children to read. Polwhele. Fester is a Celtic Cornish word meaning master. Fetch. To reach to, arrive at, or get to ; as, " fetch it down," " hard work to fetch hom." Few. Some. Curiously used thus, "I'll have a few broth." Also used thus in Yorkshire. Figs. Eaisons are so called in Cornwall. In Celtic Cornish, figes ledan, broadfigs; figes an houl, raisins. Figgy-dufF. Dough, suet, and raisins, mixed and baked in the shape of a pasty. Also called figgy-hobbin. Figgy pudden. Plum pudding. Fig pudding is more correct than plum pudding. In Celtic Cornish figes an houl means figs of the sun, raisins.