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FELT GRAVEL, the sandy gravel.
_Spotswood._
FELTIFARE, _s._ The red shank, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
FEN, _s._ Mud, filth. A. S. _fenn_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _fenn_, lutum, sordes, Moes. G. _fani_, lutum. Lat.
_foen-um_.
_To_ FEN.
V. ~Fend~, _v._ 2.
_To_ FEND, _v. a._ To tempt.
V. ~Faynd~.
_Barbour._
_To_ FEND, FENDE, _v. a._
1. To defend, S. Fr. _de-fend-re_, id.
_Wallace._
2. To support.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. To provide for one's self.
_Rutherford._
_To_ FEND, FEN, _v. n._
1. To shift, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. To fare in general, S.
~Fend~, ~Fen~, _s._ The shift one makes, S.
_Douglas._
~Fendie~, _adj._ Good at making shift, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
FENESTER, _s._ A window.
_Douglas._
FENT, _s._ An opening in a sleeve, shirt, coat, &c. S.
Fr. _fente_, id.
FER, _s._ Preparation.
V. ~Fayr~.
_Barbour._
FER, _adv._ Far.
_Douglas._
FERCOST, _s._ A bark.
V. ~Farcost~.
_Skene._
FERD, FEIRD, FEYRD, _adj._ Fourth.
Su. G. _fiaerde_, Isl. _fiorda_, id.
_Douglas._
FERD, _s._ Force.
