Forecroppe, _s._ fore-crop, a part of a cow or bullock, 57/2. I learn that the _fore-crop_ is the upper part of the fore quarter of an ox, and lies between the neck and the sirloin. “... it shews he is wel tallowed, and so doth the _crop_ behind the shoulders;” Markham, Husbandry, Of Oxen. Fore-wedge, _s._ fore-wedge (before the coulter), 4/23. Forowe, _s._ a furrow, 4/6. Forther, _adj._ front, foremost, 92/2. “_Forther-fete_, the forefeet;” Wright. Fortune, _v._ to chance, happen, 3/1, 120/17, 124/38, 153/24. Fote, plough-foot, 4/12. _See_ Plough-fote. Fote-teame, _s._ (apparently) the end of the drawing-gear which is fastened to a plough or harrow, 4/37, 15/12. _See_ Wrethyng-temes. Foughten, _pp._ fought, 169/11. Foule, _s._ an ulcer in a cow’s foot, 64/1. Freeholders, _s. pl._ freeholders, 130/22. Freteth, _pr. s._ eats away, 20/7. Fretter, _s._ a corrosive, 43/5. Fullymartes, _s. pl._ polecats, 146/31. M.E. _fulmart_. Fyfte, _adj. num._ fifth, 75/3. Fylberdes, _s. pl._ filberts, 140/4. Fyled, _pp._ defiled, dirtied, 41/1, 45/4. Fyllettes, _s. pl._ fillets, 76/6. “_Filet_, the fillet of a beast;” Cotgrave. “_Fillets_, in a horse, are the foreparts of the shoulder next the breast;” Bailey’s Dict. vol. i. ed. 1735. Fynde, _v._ to provide with, furnish, 153/20. Fyre-wodde, _s._ fire-wood, 132/2. Fysking, _s._ fidgeting, roaming about, 45/2. See examples in my note to P. Plowman, C. 10/153. Fytches, _s. pl._ vetches, 20/40, 70/8. Garches, _s. pl. an error for_ garthes, i.e. hoops, 134/7. _See_ Garthe-webbe. Garniter, the officer who had care of the granary, _note_ to 140/8. Garthe-webbe, _s._ webbing for a girth, 10/23. “_Garth_, a hoop or band;” Wright. _See_ Garches. A _girth-web_ is mentioned A.D. 1502; see Rogers, Hist. Agric. vol. iii. Geare, _s._ gear, implements, 5/2; gere, 142/7. Geld, _pr. pl._ cut too high (said of beans), 29/9. Gelly, _s._ jelly, 44/7. Gete, _pp._ gotten, taken up, 129/11; gette, gotten from, taken from, 137/7. A.S. _geten_, pp. Gethereth, _pr. s._ gathers, 28/5. Gise, _s._ guise, fashion, way, 35/8. Glaunder, _s._ glander, usually in the plural, 87/2. See below. Glaunders, _s._ glanders, a disease in the glands, 86/1. Gleyd, _s._ kite, 146/31. A S. _glida_. Glose, _s._ gloss, comment, 168/34. Glotony, _s._ gluttony, 152/23. Gloues, _s. pl._ gloves, 142/3. Gnappe, _v._ to bite slightly; gnappe of, rub off with their teeth (said of horses), 93/6. The same as _kneppe_, to bite slightly, in Best’s Rural Economy in Yorkshire (Surtees Society); mod. E. _nip_. Golds, _s. pl._ corn marigold, 20/25; gouldes, 20/4. See Ray, Gloss. B. 16, p. 83; Tusser, note to 39/21. Gore, _v._ to gore, 70/43. Gostely, _adj._ spiritual, 167/38. Goten, _pp._ gotten, 154/9.