An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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FRIM-FRAM, _s._ Trifle.
_Presb. Eloq._
_To_ FRIST, _v. a._
1. To delay.
Isl. _frest-a_.
_Rutherford._
2. To give on credit, S.
_Chron. S. P._
~Frist~, ~Fristing~, _s._
1. Delay.
_Rutherford._
Isl. _frest-r_, Germ. _frist_, id.
2. _To frist_, _afrist_, on credit.
_Bannatyne Poems._
FRYST, _adj_ First.
_Barbour._
FRITTE, _s._ Perhaps, protection; Germ. _friede_.
_Houlate._
FROATH-STICK, _s._ A stick for whipping cream, S. B.
_Watson's Coll._
FRODY, _adj._ L. _frelie_.
_Lyndsay._
FROG, _s._ An upper coat.
_Barbour._
O. Flem. _frock_, suprema vestis.
_To_ FROG, _v. n._ To snow or sleet at intervals, Ang.
~Frog~, _s._ A flying shower of snow or sleet, Ang.
_Lyndsay._
FROG, _s._ A young horse.
_Buchan._
_To_ FRONT, _v. n._ Applied to meat, when it swells in boiling, Ang.
FROUNSIT, _part. pa._ Wrinkled.
Fr. _frons-er_, to wrinkle.
_Henrysone._
FROW, _s._ A l.u.s.ty female, S.
Germ. _fraw_, Belg. _vrowe_, a woman.
FROWDIE, _s._ A big l.u.s.ty woman, S. B.
Sw. _frodig_, plump.
FROWDIE, _s._ A cap worn by old women, Ang.
Su. G. _fru-tyg_, a lady's cap.
FRUCTUOUS, _adj._ Fruitful.
_Douglas._
FRUNTY, FRONTY, _adj._ Free in manner, Fife.
