A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15Dodsley, Robert
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
Favoured (ill), _lookling_, xi. 520
Fay, _faith_, i. 111, 133;
iii. 113
Faynd, _find_, vi. 74
Fear, _to terrify_
Feard, _terrified_, i. 83
Feat, _neat_, i. 62
Featly, _neatly_, i. 266;
ii. 375
Fea'ty, _fealty_, _fidelity_, i. 54, 173
Feebled, _enfeebled_, x. 117
Fegary, _vagary_, _trick_, x. 366
Fell, _cruel_, _fierce_, i. 252;
v. 36;
xi. 556;
_skin_ i. 78
Fellness, _fierceness_, iv. 323
Felt, _felt hats_, xi. 268
Feofee, xii. 33
Ferdegew, iii. 92
Fere, "in fere," _in company_, i. 247
Feres, _a-do_, i. 168
Ferk, _to urge on_, _hasten_, x. 254
Fescennine, _note_, xii. 312
Festination, _haste_, iv. 216
Fet, _to perform_ (?), ii. 384;
_to fetch_, i. 43, 83;
_fetched_, i. 381;
vii. 165
Fetch, _a trick_, ii. 309;
xii. 79
Fete, _feet_, i. 31
Fetting, _fetching_, ii. 234
Feutred, _equipped_, i. 376
Fewl, _foul_, xii. 507
Fib, _a liar_, ii. 254
Fierse, _verse_, vii. 190
Fifteens, x. 299
Figary, _vagary_, xiii. 166
File, _to defile_, ii. 216;
iv. 110;
ix. 511
Filed, _flattering_, iv. 102
Filth, _a term of abuse_, iii. 244
Finden, _to find_, ix. 119
Fined, _refined_, iii. 363
Fines, _defines_, ii. 80
Fire-drake, viii. 168;
_will-o'-the-wisp_, ix. 572
Firk, _to cheat_, _trick_, xiv. 391;
x. 291, 292, 328
Firk'd, _beaten_, iv. 64
Firker, _a cheat_, xii. 165
Firmable, _firm_, vi. 282
Fisher, _a fisherman_, iv. 164;
xii. 115
Fish-hooks, ii. 378
Fit, _air_ (_in music_), i. 246;
song, iii. 92;
_to suit_, xi. 456
Fivepence, "as fine as fivepence," iv. 118
Flags, _a term used in falconry_, xi. 341
Flanting, _flaunting_, xiii. 150
Flap-dragon, xiii. 44
Flashy, _fiery_, iv. 149
Flat, _plain_, _plainly_, iii. 19, 20;
xi. 304;
xiv. 398, 399
Flatcap, _a term of abuse_, xi. 152
Flative, _flatulent_, ix. 454
Flaw, _a blast_, vii. 149
Flayn, _flayed_, i. 416
Flecken, _spotted_, xii. 241
Fleet, _to skim_, viii. 443
Flet (=fleeth), _flee ye_, xii. 287
Fletcher, _an arrow-maker_, xiii. 40
Flicker, _to flutter_, xii. 477
Flim-flam, _a flam_, ii. 335
Flinch, _to shrink_, xii. 259
Flincher, _a coward_, xi. 470, 491
Flit, _to depart_, iv. 336;
ix. 124
Flout, _to scoff_, _mock_, iv. 119;
xi. 39;
xii. 313;
xiv. 190;
_a scoff_, _mock_, x. 523
Flush, ii. 78
Fly-flops, xii. 331
Fode, _person_, i. 243, 247
Foggy, _flabby_, viii. 371
Foil (of a jewel), vii. 288;
_a defeat_, iv. 322;
_to defeat_, iv. 332
Foils, _set-offs_, xiii. 148
Foin, _thrust_, _push_, ii. 389, 392;
_to fence_, xii. 285
Foist, _to cheat,_ xi. 67;
_a cheat_, _deception_, vi. 257;
xiv. 359
Fold, _bend_, i. 135
Folt, _a fool_, ii. 304
Fond, _foolish_, iv. 125;
x. 192;
xi. 129
Fondly, _foolish_, vii. 63
Fondness, _folly_, iv. 55;
xii. 8
Fong, _to take_, i. 257, 259
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