“He was a rare _egg_-battle.”—_Dickinson._ Lamplugh Club. Eldritch, S, unearthly. “Quhan words he found, their _eldritch_ sound Was like the norlan’ blast.” _Dr. Jamieson._ The Water Kelpie. F. Fash, S and C, trouble, annoy, bother (noun and verb). “Ye’re sair _fashed_ haudin’ naething together.”—Proverb. “Oald clish ma clash, thou’s nowt but _fash_— Ga heam to bed, ’Od dye thee!” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Feal, S, comfortable. “Frae tap to tae that cleeds me weel, An’ haps me _feal_ an’ warm at e’en.” _Burns._ My Spinning Wheel. Feck, S, a considerable quantity or number, most part. “Wae sucks for him that has nae _feck_ o’ ’t.” _Ferguson._ Gude Braid Claith. Feckless, S and C, feeble, useless. “_Feckless_ fowk are aye fain.”—Proverb. “A thowte A sud no’but meeak a varra _feckless_ fend, if A was witch’d seck a parlish lang way fray heeam.” _Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard. Fells, C, hills. “If there were nea _fells_ there wad be nea deals.”—Proverb. Few, C. This word is hardly translatable, but means to set about a task in a manner likely to accomplish it. “I’ t’ chimla neùk some gay gud han’s, An’ gaily ill to slocken, Set tea wi’ porringers an’ pans, An’ _few’t_ weel to get drucken.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Fewsome, C, capable-looking, workman-like. “She warm’d him up some keàl, An’ Ralph dud mak a varra _fewsome_ meàl.” _Graham._ Gwordie and Will. Flaitch, C, Fleech, S, coax. Sometimes used as a noun, thus— “He’s a fair _flaitch_ when he wants owte.”—Said of me. “She _fleech’t_ him fairly to his bed By ca’in’ him her burdie.” Christ’s Kirk on the Green. Flaucht, S, flash. “Ae fire-_flaucht_ darted through the rain, Where a’ was dark afore.” _Kirkpatrick Sharp._ Murder of Carlaverock. Flay, C, Fley, S, to frighten. “_Fleying_ a bird’s no the gate to grip it.”—Proverb. This word has its substantive form in _flayan_— A blue-devilled fellow at Coniston said he could not stay in his house because there was _flayan_ in it. “Ey,” said his mother, “If there isn’t there will be—there ’ill be empty cupboards, ther needn’t be wār _flayan_ nor that!” Fletherin, S, Flattering. “_Fletherin_ fowk’s maistly fause fowk.“—Proverb. Flipe, C, a hat rim. A retired sea-captain at Whitehaven used to be called ”_Flipy_ Fisher,” on account of his broad brim. Flyte, S and C, scold. “An’ gin she tak’ the thing amiss, E’en let her _flyte_ her fill, Jo.” Song—Steer her up.