=Fact=, _n._ †1. The making, manufacture. 3. 4. 49.
2. Phr. _with one’s fact_: as an actual experience.
5. 6. 13.
=Faine=, _v._ _Obs._ form of _feign_. 5. 5. 28.
=Fauour=, _n._ †1. Leave, permission. Phr. _under_ (your) _fauour_:
with all submission, subject to correction. _Obs._ or _arch._
1. 3. 27. 2. ?Comeliness; ?face. 4. 6. 49.
=Feate=, _n._ A business transaction. 3. 3. 227.
=Fellow=, _n._ Phr. _good fellow_: Of a woman. A term of familiar
address. 5. 1. 5.
=Feoffee=, _n._ The person to whom a freehold estate in land is
conveyed by a feoffment. 3. 5. 60.
=Feoffment=, _n._ ‘The action of investing a person with a fief or fee.
In technical language applied esp. to the particular mode of conveyance
(originally the only one used, but now almost obsolete) in which a
person is invested in a freehold estate in lands by livery of seisin
(at common law generally, but not necessarily, evidenced by a deed,
which, however, is not required by statute).’ _NED._ 4. 5. 15; 4. 7. 7.
Phr. _Deed of Feoffment_: ‘The instrument or deed by which corporeal
hereditaments are conveyed.’ _NED._ 4. 6. 44.
=Fetch=, _v._ 1. To earn; get (money). 2. 1. 72.
†2. To perform, take (a leap). 1. 1. 55.
†3. Phr. _Fetch again_: To revive, restore to consciousness.
2. 1. 4.
†=Figgum=, _n._ ?Juggler’s tricks (not found elsewhere). 5. 8. 82.
=Finenesse=, _n._ †‘Overstrained and factitious scrupulousness.’
Gifford. 3. 3. 104.
=Firke=, _v._ †To frisk about; ?to hitch oneself (Cunningham). 5. 6. 15.
=Fixed=, _ppl. a._ Made rigid or immobile (by emotion). 1. 5. 2.
=Fizzling=, _vbl. sb._ †Breaking wind without noise. 5. 3. 2.
=Flower=, _n._ †_Anc._ _Chem._ (_pl._): ‘The pulverulent form of any
substance, esp. as the result of condensation after sublimation.’
_NED._ 4. 4. 19.
=Fly=, _v._ Of a hawk: To pursue by flying: used _fig._ 4. 7. 53.
=Flye-blowne=, _a._ Tainted. With a quibble on the literal meaning.
2. 7. 7.
=Fool=, _v._ Phr. _fool off_: To delude, baffle. 2. 6. 25.
=Forbeare=, _v. trans._ †To keep away from or from interfering with;
to leave alone. 1. 3. 22.
=Forked=, _a._ ‘Horned,’ cuckolded. 2. 2. 90.
=Foyle=, _n._ [Form of _foil_.] A thin leaf of some metal placed
under a precious stone to increase its brilliancy. 3. 3. 180.
=French-masque=, _n._ pr. the ‘Loo,’ or ‘Loup,’ a half-mask of
velvet, worn by females to protect the complexion. 2. 1. 162.
=French-time=, _n._ ?Formal and rhythmic measure (as characteristic
of the French, in contrast to Italian, music). 3. 5. 30.
=Frolick=, _n._ †?Humorous verses circulated at a feast. 2. 8. 73.
||=Fucus=, _n._ †Paint or cosmetic for beautifying the
skin; a wash or coloring for the face. 3. 4. 50; 4. 2. 63.
=Fustian=, _n._ †A kind of coarse cloth made of cotton and flax.
3. 3. 30.
=’Gainst=, _prep._ [Form of _against_.] In anticipation of.
_Arch._ 1. 1. 19.
=’Gainst=, _conj._ In anticipation that; in case that.
_Arch._ or _dial._ 1. 1. 73; 3. 2. 39.
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