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FORSAKE - verbs
• ABAND † to abandon, to forsake ...1559
• BANDON † to forsake, to abandon ...1587
• BELEAVE † to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon ...c1205
• DECLINE † to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice ...1672
• LET † to quit, to abandon, to forsake ...c1175
• LINQUISH † to abandon, to forsake ...1591
• QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• SAKE to forsake ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WAIVE 1. † to cast aside, to relinquish, to forsake the truth, one's faith or god, a state or condition, etc. ...1303
2. † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
 
FORSAKEN - adjectives
• CAST thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken ...1597
• LASS-LORN † forsaken by one's lass or sweetheart ...1610
 
FORSYTHIA - nouns
• EASTER BUSH forsythia ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
FORTHRIGHT - verbs
• TELL IT LIKE IT IS to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; to be forthright 
 
FORTHWITH - adverbs
• BEDENE † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BETIMES in a short time, soon, speedily, anon, forthwith ...c1400
• INCONTINENT † immediately, forthwith, at once ...1660 Sc.
• INCONTINENTLY † immediately, forthwith ...1650 Sc.
• OFF-HAND without delay, instantly, forthwith; lately ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ON-END immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession ...1888 Eng. dial.
• QUICK AND QUIDDER * quickly, forthwith ...1633 Sc.
• SUDDENLY † without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once ...c1330
 
FORTIFICATION - nouns
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
 
FORTIFIED - nouns
• CASTLE OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1375 
• HOUSE OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1581
• PLACE OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1375
• TOWN OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1441
 
FORTIFY - verbs
• AFFORCIARE † to make stronger, to fortify ...c1300
• BASTILLE † to fortify a castle ...1480
• EFFORT † to strengthen, to fortify ...1662
• HARNESS † to equip a place defensively; to fortify ...1611
• IMMURE † to wall in, to surround with a wall or walls; to fortify ...1598
• OFSTRENGTH †* to fortify ...1297
• RAMFORCE † to fortify, to strengthen a wall, rampart, etc.; to block up, to barricade a gate or door ...1570 chiefly Sc.
• RANFORCE † to strengthen, to fortify ...1547
• ROBORATE † to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify ...1533
• WARD † to man with a garrison; to protect or shield with some work or contrivance; to fortify a castle ...1340-70
• WARN †* to fortify; to protect, to defend ...c1330
 
FORTITUDE - adjectives
• GUTS requiring or demonstrating courage or fortitude ...1957 Amer. sl.
• GUTS BALL a ballgame such as baseball played with great aggressiveness and tenacity; hence, any action or actions requiring or demonstrating fortitude, extreme competitiveness, courage, determination, etc. ...1962 Amer. sl.
fortitude - nouns 
• MAGNANIMITY † lofty courage; fortitude ...1509
 
FORTNIGHT - nouns
• QUINZAINE * a fortnightly event, meeting, etc. ...1856
 
FORTRESS - nouns
• GARRISON † a fortress or stronghold ...c1430
 
FORTUITOUS - adjectives
• ACCIDENTARY † fortuitous, casual ...1607
• ADVENTUROUS † occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental ...c1374
• HAPPIOUS †* fortuitous; chancy ...1387-8
• HAPPY †* coming or happening by chance; fortuitous; chance ...1513
• TEMERARIOUS † acting or happening at random; fortuitous, casual, haphazard ...1660
fortuitous - nouns 
• ACCIDENCE † mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance ...1393
• ACCIDENCY † a fortuitous circumstance or acquisition; a chance; a windfall ...1864
 
FORTUNATE - adjectives
• ARSEHOLE LUCKY extremely lucky or fortunate ...1950s sl.
• BOON † advantageous, fortunate, favourable ...LME
• CANDID † splendid, illustrious; fortunate ...1648
• CANNY † lucky, fortunate, prosperous ...1715 Sc.
• CHANCY lucky, fortunate; good-natured ...1928 Amer. dial.
• EADI † happy, fortunate, well-omened ...c825
• FELICIOUS † fortunate, prosperous ...1599
• HAPPEN † fortunate, happy, blessed ...a1300
• HEAVEN-BLEST happy, fortunate ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
• MERCIFUL lucky, fortunate ...1836 Sc.
• OMINOUS † of good omen, auspicious; fortunate ...1597
• ON THE PIG'S BACK living in luxury; living well; in good fortune; in a fortunate position ...L19 Ireland, Aust. & NZ sl.
• ON THE TINNY LUCK by a fortunate chance ...1910s Aust. sl.
• WHITE * propitious, favourable; auspicious, fortunate, happy ...1614 arch.
fortunate - nouns
• FORTUNATION † the act of making fortunate; the being favoured by fortune; luckiness ...c1470
• SNIP a thing that is more fortunate, excellent, or pleasing that might normally be expected ...1952 UK sl.
fortunate - person
• SON OF A WHITE HEN a fortunate person or thing; a favourite child ...1540
• SUNDAY CHILD a child born on Sunday; hence, one greatly blessed or favoured; a fortunate person ...1886
• SUNDAY'S CHILD a child born on Sunday; hence, one greatly blessed or favoured; a fortunate person ...1886
• SUNDAY'S DAUGHTER † a child born on Sunday; hence, one greatly blessed or favoured; a fortunate person ...c1150
• WHITE-HEN'S CHICK n. a spoiled or petted child; a fortunate person ...1786 Eng. dial
fortunate - verbs 
• ACE OUT to be fortunate or lucky ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
• BE LAUGHING to be comfortable, safe, fortunate; hence, to be winning ...World War I Brit. colloq.
• HAVE A GOOD INNINGS to be fortunate, esp. in money matters ...Bk1896 colloq.
fortunate - phrases
• HALF YOUR LUCK! expression indicating you feel the other person is very fortunate ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ON THE PIG'S BACK in a fortunate or prosperous state ...1894
• ON THE PIG'S EAR in a fortunate or prosperous state ...1946
 
FORTUNATELY - adverbs
• HAPPENLY † fortunately, happily ...c1375
 
FORTUNE - nouns
• ADVENTURE † that which comes to us, or happens without design; chance, fortune, luck ...c1230
• AFFAIR † fortune, rank, dignity ...1480
• BASKET-FORTUNE a small fortune ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETIDE †* befalling, event, fortune, chance ...1590
• BIKE a windfall, an unexpected good fortune ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIT OF GOOSE a piece of good fortune ...1930s sl.
• CAST † a throw or stroke of fortune; hence, fortune, chance, opportunity; lot, fate ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CUT † one's lot, fate, fortune; fate or fortune as a ruler of events ...a1340
• FAIR WIND a safe journey; good fortune ...1851 Amer. dial.
• FALL lot, fate, fortune ...1773 Sc.
• FAUSTITY † good luck, happiness, good fortune ...1656
• FLANDERS FORTUNE a relatively small fortune or inheritance ...L17 sl.
• FORTUNATION † the act of making fortunate; the being favoured by fortune; luckiness ...c1470
• GOOD HEAL † welfare, fortune ...c1175 obs.
• HAP 1. chance or fortune (good or bad) that falls to anyone; luck, lot ...c1205 arch.
2. † good fortune, good luck; success, prosperity ...a1225
• HAPPING † fortune ...a1400
• LADY LUCK good fortune personified ...1205 UK
• NIBBLE a stroke of luck; a welcome piece of good fortune; a catch, a bargain ...1925 Sc. 
• NIGGER LUCK (derogatory) good luck, esp. when unexpected; very good fortune ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PILE a fortune ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SITHE † fortune on a journey; also generally, fortune, hap, luck ...c1000
• VENTURE † fortune, luck; chance ...a1450
fortune - verbs
• BE LAPPED IN ONE'S MOTHER'S SMOCK † to be born to fortune ...1690
• CRY ROAST MEAT † to announce to others a piece of private luck or good fortune; to boast about one's situation ...1638 now rare or obs
• FALL IN THE BUTTER TUB to have a piece of good luck or fortune ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FILL ONE'S PIPE AND LEAVE OTHERS TO ENJOY IT to make a large fortune, which one's heirs or other relatives dissipate ...1821 coll.
• FIND THE BEAN IN THE CAKE gain an unexpected prize; to come to some unexpected good fortune; to succeed in defeating one's adversaries ...1874
• HAP to have the fortune or luck to do something ...1393 arch.

FORTUNE-HUNTER - person
• LOUNGE LIZARD a fortune-hunter or womanizer who works his charms in the lounges of hotels; one who spends his time idling in fashionable society, esp. in search of a wealthy patroness ...1918 sl.
 
FORTUNE-TELLER - person
• AUTEM-GOGGLER a fortune-teller, a conjuror ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• AUTEM-GOGLER a fortune-teller, a conjuror ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• DOOKIN-COVE a fortune-teller ...M19 sl.
• FACTOR a cheat or impostor; a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FATER, FAYTER a cheat or impostor; a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FATILOQUIST †* one who declares or foretells fates; a fortune-teller ...1652
• HAND-READER a palm-reader; a person who tells fortunes by looking at the lines on a person's palm ...1883
• MITT READER a fortune teller who reads palms ...1928 US circus & carnival sl.
• PALMIST one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...1886
• PALMISTER * one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...a1500
• SIBYL a prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch ...1589
• SPAE-ER one who foretells; a fortune-teller ...1820 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SPAE MAN, SPAYMAN a man who it is supposed can tell fortunes or foretell events; a prophet, a soothsayer, a fortune-teller, a wizard ...a1505 Sc.
• SPAER one who foretells; a fortune-teller ...1820 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SPAE WIFE, SPAYWIFE a woman who it is supposed can tell fortunes or foretell events; a female fortune-teller; a witch ...1773 Sc.
• SPAE-WOMAN a female fortune-teller ...1828 Brit.
• TEA-GROUTER a fortune-teller who uses tea-leaves, the leaves being 'grouted' or turned over in the cup ...a1833
• WISE-WIFE a witch; a female fortune-teller; a woman who deals in astrology, charms, etc. ...1897 Sc.
• WISE WOMAN a witch; a sorceress; a fortune teller ...1808
• WITTER-WIFE a female soothsayer or fortune-teller ...1891 Sc.

FORTUNE TELLING - adjectives
• GIPSIE, GYPSIE, GYPSY relating to fortune-telling or other supernatural powers ...1615
fortune telling - nouns
• DOOKERING fortune-telling ...M19 gypsy & tramp sl.
• DOOKIN' fortune-telling ...M19 gypsy & tramp sl.
• DUCKERING fortune-telling ...M19 gypsy & tramp sl.
• LYESKEN CHIRPS fortune-telling ...18C tinker sl.
• MADBALL a crystal ball used by a fortune-teller ...1948 Amer. carnival usage
• MITT CAMP a fortune-telling booth in a carnival ...1980 US sl.
 
FORTY - adjectives
• QUADRAGESIMAL consisting of forty ...1662
forty - nouns 
• CARENTANE † a group of 40; a space of forty days; a forty days' indulgence ...1647
• QUARANTAIN †* a set of forty (nights) ...1653
 
FORWARD - adjectives
• BARDIE forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1822 Sc.
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• BEDDY conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward ...1706 Sc. & Ireland
• BOBBEROUS pert, saucy, forward ...19C Eng. dial.
• BRASH eager, lively, forward ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BRICKETY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1868 Amer. dial.
• BRIGATY, BRIGETTY, BRIGGITY, BRIGGOTY, BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1880 Amer. dial.
• EGSOME forward, seductive ...1868 Sc.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• GAMESOME forward, dissolute ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HOIT-A-POIT assuming airs of importance unsuitable to years or action; presuming, forward ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KEEN † bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous ...1297
• KNAPPISH † rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful ...1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALAPERT † presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty ...c1420 obs. exc. arch.
• MANNISH bold, forward; said of both sexes and of children ...1930 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• MINXIN forward, pert, like a minx ...1883 Eng. dial.  
• OBERFU bold, forward ...1929 Sc.
• OUTWARDLY self-important, forward ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PAUKY, PAWKY proud, conceited, impudent, bold, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• PRATCHANT † conceited, forward, swaggering ...1597 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
• RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1866 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy ...1818 Sc.
• REESHLING forward, bustling, prompt ...1827 Sc.
• ROCKLED of children: rash and forward ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TASH † fretful, captious, hard to please; ill-natured; forward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TELLSOME talkative, esp. officiously forward in giving advice ...1934 Amer. dial.
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TRANTY † of children:  wise and forward above their age ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VOCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUSE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WADDIE proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• YAFFIN pert, forward in speech ...1857 Sc.
• YANKING active, forward, pushing ...1824 Sc.
forward - adverbs
• AFORWARD forward, in front ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ENDWAYS forward, onward, straight ahead; at once, henceforth ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
forward - nouns  (includes FORWARDNESS) 
• BARDINESS forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ENERGY boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery; ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• IRISH-ASSURANCE bold forward behaviour ...Bk1896 sl.
• PAUK, PAWK impertinence, forwardness, precocity; insolent, impertinent talk ...1889 Eng. dial.  
• PETULCITY † offensive forwardness or temerity; friskiness, wantonness ...1628
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
forward - person
• BIRSIE a forward, impertinent child ...Bk1876 Sc.
• BISIM, BISOM a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1951 Ulster sl.
• BIZZUM a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman; a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1808 Sc. & Ireland
• EASY MORT a promiscuous, forward woman ...M17 sl.
• FLIP a forward or flippant person ...1942 US sl.
• GAB-NASH a pert or voluble chatterer; a prattling, forward girl ...1923 Sc. 
• GAME PULLET † a young prostitute, or forward or promiscuous girl in the way of becoming one ...1788 UK sl.
• GAMFREL, GAMPHRELL * a stupid or foolish person; a blockhead, an idiot; a forward, presumptuous person ...1729 Sc.
• GAUKIE a foolish, forward, vain woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GILKIE * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, bold, or forward one ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GILPEY, GILPIE, GILPY * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GILRAVAGER one who commits depredations; a forward, riotous fellow ...1817 Sc.
• HAIK, HAKE † a forward tattling woman ...1825 Sc.
• JACKANAPES a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a 'monkey' ...c1555
• JANE-OF-APES † a female 'jackanapes'; a pert, forward girl ...1623 nonce word
• LAD-LOUPER a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MINDEN a forward girl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOPSY a forward, impudent girl ...Bk1997 Irish sl. 
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PRATE-APACE one who prates on; a forward, talkative child; a chatterbox ...1636
• PRINCOCK † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTAM a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person ...1823 Sc.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1762 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UPS a pert, forward girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
• YANKIE a smart, agile person; a sharp, clever, forward woman ...1790 Sc.
• YAP, YAUP, YEP, YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
forward - verbs
• BRIGGIT AROUND to act forward or recklessly ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CROWD THE MOURNERS to be premature or forward ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• HAVE BRASS ON ONE'S FACE to be forward, bold, or over-confident ...1966 Amer. dial.
• READY to forward, to assist ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SUBVECT †* to bring forward ...1641
 
FORWARDS - adverbs
• ENDWARDS onward, forwards ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
FOSSIL - nouns
• BIBBLE a pebble, a stone, a fossil ...1895 Eng. dial.
 
FOSTER - person
• DALT a foster-child ...1775 Sc. & Ireland
• DAULT † a foster-child ...1775 Sc.
• POBIE a father or foster-father ...1822 Sc.
foster - verbs 
• AUMPER † to foster ...1883 Eng. dial.
 
FOUL - adjectives
• DICHTY dirty, foul ...1887 Sc.
• DUNGY * despicable, contemptible, foul; base, worthless; vile, degrading ...c1494
• FECULENT of the nature of faeces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; laden or polluted with filth; foul, fetid ...1471
• ILL-SCRAPED not scraped clean, foul ...1858 Sc.
• LAIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LEPROUS foul, filthy ...1598
• LIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• IMMUND * unclean, impure; filthy, foul ...1621
• NESTIE 'nasty', foul, filthy, offensive ...c1700 Sc. 
• RANK corrupt, foul; festering ...1579
• REASTY rusty; discoloured; foul ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPURCITIOUS †* filthy, foul, obscene ...1628
• TURPITUDINOUS characterized by turpitude or depravity; shameful, foul, wicked ...1814 
​• UNCLEAN † of air or smells: foul or impure ...c1400
foul - nouns
• BAGGAGE corrupt or foul matter ...B1700 Sc.
• DUNGHILL a collection of worthless, foul, or contemptible things ...1340
• FEDITIES † foul or disgusting practices ...1539
foul - person 
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
foul - verbs  (also see BEFOUL)
• BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt; bespatter, to foul ...1715 Eng. dial.
• NAAR to stink, to smell foul ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• SCUMBER † to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
FOUL-MOUTHED - adjectives
• BLACK-MOUTHED † using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
• HAWK-A-MOUTHED foul-mouthed, scolding ...1866 Eng. dial.
• ILL-GABBED foul-mouthed; having a habit of using insolent, abusive language ...1895 Sc.
• ILL-JAWT foul-tongued ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-MOUTHED foul-mouthed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SPOKEN foul-mouthed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TONGUED having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed ...a1300
• OPEN-MOUTHED coarse in speech, foul-mouthed ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THERSITICAL * foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive ...1650
• UGLY-MOUTHED foul-mouthed, given to bad language ...1889 Eng. dial.
foul-mouthed - person 
• BILLINGSGATE † a clamouring, foul-mouthed person; a vulgar abuser; a scolding impudent slut ...1683
• BLACKGUARD a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer ...1750
• BLACK-MOUTH * a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer ...1642
• BLAGGERD a blackguard; one addicted to swearing and low language ...Bk1884
• DIRTIN-GAB a foul-mouthed person ...1856 Sc.
• GARBAGE MOUTH a person who regularly uses obscene language; a foul-mouthed person ...1970 US sl.
• GUTTERMOUTH a foul-mouthed person ...1965 colloq., chiefly US
• HAWCH-A-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• MUCK-SPOUT a foul-mouthed talker ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• POTTY MOUTH someone who uses obscene or profane language in most social settings; a foul-mouthed person ...1969 colloq., orig. US
• RUDAS a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman; an ill-natured, ugly old woman; a virago ...1725 Sc.
• SALTY DOG one who uses an excess of obscene language ...1983 US Black sl.
• SCALD one given to the use of abusive language; one who by the use of such language causes public disturbance; a foul-mouthed quarreller; applied to both men and women, but in the 17th century perhaps increasingly to women ...a1500 Sc. 
• WASH-MOUTH one who blurts out anything he has heard; a babbler; a foul-mouthed person ...1746 Eng. dial.
 
FOULNESS - nouns
• FECULENCE 1. foulness, filth ...1860
2. moral foulness ...1860
• FECULENCY † foulness, filth ...1651
• FEDITY † foulness, filthiness, nastiness, vileness, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical ...1542
• LEPROSY foulness, filth ...1598
• LEPRY † foulness, filth ...1526
• NAST dirt, filth, foulness ...1789 Eng. dial.
 
FOUL-UP - nouns
• DEVIL TO PAY AND NO PITCH HOT a predicament, a critical situation, or a perplexing foul-up ...1963 Amer. dial.
• HELL TO PAY AND NO PITCH HOT a predicament, a critical situation, or a perplexing foul-up ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
FOUND - adjectives
• LATED searched for; found ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• YFOUND † found ...c900
found - verbs 
• SALT to plant or place something to be found ...1981 US sl.
 
FOUNDATION - nouns
• BASING †* foundation, base ...c1325
• BASIS the bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot ...1571 arch.
• SUBSTRUCTION a basis, foundation ...1765
• WALL-ROOTS a foundation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FOUNDER - person
• BEGINNER one who begins; an originator, a founder ...c1400
founder - verbs 
• TORFLE to founder, to go lame; to decline in health, to pine away, to languish; to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking ...1575-6 Eng. dial.

FOUNDER (metal) - person
• YETER, YETTER † a caster of metal; a founder ...c893
 
FOUNTAIN - nouns
• BUBBLER a drinking fountain, esp. one outdoors ...1914 Amer. dial.
• QUELL * a spring, fountain ...1894
fountain - verbs 
• QUILL to bubble up as a fountain or spring ...1854 Eng. dial.
 
FOUR - adjectives
• QUARTER four ...1996 UK sl.
• QUATER four ...1996 UK sl.
• QUATERER four ...1996 UK sl.
• QUATERNAL * consisting of four things or parts ...1616
• QUATERNARIAN * consisting of four things or parts ...
• QUATERNARY consisting of four things or parts ...1605 
• QUATERNATE arranged in, or forming, a set of four; composed of four parts ...1753 
• QUATERNION consisting of four persons, things, or parts ...1814 
• ROAF four ...Bk1903 back-slang
four - nouns
• ALDERSHOT WHORE four ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• MESS † a company of four ...1656 Eng. dial.
• QUADRATE † a group of four things ...1637
• QUARTUMVIRATE * a body of four men ...1819
• QUATERNARY a set of four things; the number four ...c1430 
• QUATERNIO * a group or set of four persons or things ...1678
• QUATERNION a group or set of four persons or things ...1382 
• QUATERNITY 1. a set of four persons or four things ...1529 
2. the fact or condition of being four in number, or an aggregate of four ...1839 
• QUATRAIN a set of four persons ...1862 nonce use 
• QUATRE the number four; the four in dice ...a1550 
• QUATRUMVIRATE † a body of four men ...1684
• QUATUORVIRATE * a body of four men ...1856
 
FOURTEEN - nouns
• POLISH DOZEN 14 ...1995 Amer. dial.
 
FOURTH - adjectives
• QUARTARY * fourth ...1839
• QUARTERTH † fourth ...1658
fourth - nouns 
• FARDEL † a fourth part of anything ...c1440
• FARTHINGDEAL † a fourth part ...a1400-50
 
FOWL - adjectives (also see CHICKEN, etc.)
• GALLINIVOROUS feeding on fowls or poultry ...1862 nonce word
fowl - nouns 
• AIR CORPS CHICKEN a fowl that is all wings ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BEAKER a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
• BIDDY † a chicken; a fowl ...a1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CACKLEBIRD a hen ...1960s US sl.
• CACKLER a fowl ...1673 sl.
• CACKLER'S-KEN a hen-roost; a fowl-house ...1788 sl.
• CACKLING-CHEAT a fowl ...1567 sl.
• CACKLING-CHETE a fowl ...1567 sl.
• CHICKABIDDY a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHOOK a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCK-CHUCK a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHUCKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DANDY a bantam fowl ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DANDY-COCK a bantam-cock ...1859 Eng. dial.
• DANDY-HEN a bantam-hen ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARROL the smallest of the brood of pigs, fowl, etc. ...Irish sl.
• FAIZART a hermaphrodite fowl ...1825 Sc.
• FIFTH QUARTER the giblets of a fowl ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GALENEY a fowl ...1812 sl.
• GALENY a fowl ...1812 sl.
• LADY AND GENTLEMAN RACKET the theft of barnyard fowls ...M19 sl.
• LAST PART THROUGH THE FENCE the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MARGERY PRATER † a fowl, a hen ...1567 cant
• PARTLET a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
• PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1871 Amer. dial.
• POPE'S NOSE the fatty extremity of a fowl's rump ...1796
• QUERN the stomach of a fowl, the gizzard ...1825 Sc.
• SICKLE a tail-feather of a cock ...c1710
• VENT of a fowl: the anus ...Bk1905 Sc.
fowl - person
• GALLICIDE a killer of fowls ...1897 nonce word
• HEN-HUSSY, HEN-HUZZY a woman who looks after fowls ...1899 Amer. dial. arch.
• WALKING POULTERER a rural thief who steals fowls, then hawks them from door to door ...L18 sl.
fowl - verbs
• CUCURIATE † to crow like a cock ...1623
fowl - interjections 
• TEWKIE! a call to fowls ...1871 Sc. & Ireland
 
FOX - adjectives
• VULPECULATED † robbed by a fox ...1671
fox - nouns 
• BALL the footprint of a fox ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEAU REYNOLDS a name for the fox ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOURIE a rabbit's burrow; a fox's den ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSH † the bushy tail of a fox; the bushy tail of any animal ...1575
• CHARLES JAMES a fox ...L19 rhyming sl. (Charles James Fox)
• CHARLEY a fox ...c1850 colloq.
• CHARLIE a fox ...c1850 colloq.
• CLICKET supposed by some to be a she-fox ...a1500
• DOG FOX a male fox ...1902 Amer. dial.
• FOX-CASE † the skin of a fox ...1610
• FOX-STONES † the testicles of a fox ...1597
• FOX-WHELP † a cub of the fox ...c1320
• GANNING † the sound of a fox ...1607
• GRAYBACK a gray fox ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GRINNIE a red fox ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KENNEL a the hole or lair of the fox ...1735
• LAD a fox ...20C Irish sl.
• LAURENCE † the fox ...c1470
• LAURIE TOD a familiar name for the fox ...c1470
• MASK in hunting: a fox's head ...1828
• PAD the foot of an animal, esp. a fox's foot ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PAD-MARK a footprint, the mark of a fox ...1900 Eng. dial.
• PAD-SCENT in foxhunting: the scent from a fox's foot ...1898 Eng. dial.
• PUG a fox, chiefly as a nickname ...E19 colloq.
• PUGGY a quasi-proper name for a fox ...1827
• RANALD a fox ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RENYARD 'reynard', a fox ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REYNOLDS a fox ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SAMPSON FOX a red fox with woolly or otherwise abnormal fur ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SAMSON FOX a red fox with woolly or otherwise abnormal fur ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCUMBER † the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt ...1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOD 1. † a fox ...c1170 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † fox-skin ...1503
• TOD-LOWRIE a familiar name for the fox ...c1470
• VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGING †* the excrement of a fox ...c1410
fox - verbs
• BALL to track the footprints of a fox ...1878 Eng. dial.
• CLICKET of the fox or hare: to be in heat, to copulate ...1575
• GANNE † to bark as a fox ...1607
• KENNEL of a fox or other wild beast: to retreat into a lair ...1552
• RUN TO EARTH 1. of a hunted fox: to go to ground
2. to hunt (an animal, esp. a fox) to the earth, and trap it there
• SCUMBER † of a dog or fox: to evacuate the faeces, to defecate; also said of a person ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNCOVER † to drive a fox out of cover ...1824 Sc.
• VULPINATE † to play the fox; to deceive with crafty wiles or deceits ...1623
 
FOXGLOVE - nouns
• BLOODY-BELLS the foxglove ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOODY-FINGERS the foxglove ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAD MEN'S BELLS the foxglove ...1848 Sc.
• FAIRY-BELL the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...1870 Ireland
• FAIRY-CAP a foxglove ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FAIRY-FINGERS the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FAIRY-GLOVE the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...1870 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY PETTICOATS the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...1880 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY-THIMBLES a foxglove ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FAIRY-WEED the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...1870 Eng. dial.
• FOX-FINGER(S) the foxglove ...1657
• HAIR-BELL the foxglove ...1870 Eng. dial.
• LADIES' THIMBLE the foxglove ...1827
• LADY'S FINGERS the foxglove ...1855 Eng. dial.
• LADY'S GLOVE the foxglove ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADY'S THIMBLE the foxglove ...1888
• RABBIT'S FLOWER the foxglove ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• REPPER the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THIMBLE the foxglove ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THORS-MANTLE the foxglove ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TIGER-MOUTH the snapdragon; the foxglove ...1886
• TIGER'S MOUTH the foxglove ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

FOX HUNTING - person
• EARTH-STOPPER a man engaged to stop up the earths or holes of foxes to prevent them from taking refuge in them when hunted ...1880
• HARD MAN a man who is particularly tough, aggressive, and self-assured; in fox-hunting: a hard-riding huntsman who is dismissive of physical danger ...1835 colloq., chiefly Brit.

FRACAS - nouns
• JOLLY a ruckus, a fracas ...M19 sl.
• SCRAWM a scramble; a fracas; ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
FRACTION - nouns
• DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARTS fractions, whether of number or quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FRACTIOUS - adjectives
• CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious ...1776 Sc.
• CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
• FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FRAB cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRABBY cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable ...1890 Eng. dial.
• PENSY † of children: fretful, peevish, fractious, complaining ...a1812 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PETULCOUS †* wanton; frisky; lustful; fractious; wantonly aggressive, butting ...1661
• TADIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TAISEY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TANKERSOME † fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEASY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TEATY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAZY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TEDDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEDDISOME fretful, fractious, tiresome ...1869 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEEDY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc.
• TEENY fretful, fractious; said of a little child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEETHY fretful, fractious, tetchy; generally applied to children or infants ...1828 Eng. dial.
• TEETY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fractious - person
• KAE IN THE KIRK-RIGGIN' a noisy, fractious child ...1923 Sc.
• TARRAN a passionate, brawling child; a peevish, cantankerous, ill-humoured person; one who tries to get his own way by persistent nagging or fractiousness; an exasperating person ...1802 Sc.

FRACTURED - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
 
FRAGILE - adjectives
• BRICKLE † liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle ...1468 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESH soft, tender, as a healing wound; fragile, delicate in health, sensitive ...1887 Sc. 
• NESHY fragile, tender ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PORCELAIN fragile, delicate, fine ...a1643
• TINGLE flimsy, fragile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fragile - nouns 
• LATH anything slender or fragile ...1633
fragile - person
• MOTH a person who is insignificant or fragile, or who hovers around temptation and is liable to be drawn to destruction, as a moth to a flame ...1600
• WINTLING a young, fragile, undergrown child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

FRAGILITY - nouns
• EGG-SHELL used as a type of worthlessness or of fragility ...1562
 
FRAGMENT - adverbs
• IN ACKER in fragments, bits, ruins ...1898 Sc.
fragment - nouns 
• ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment ...1825 Sc.
• BAT a fragment, a remnant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAD a large portion of anything; a fragment ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BLAUD a large piece or fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLET a large fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAAL a fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANDLE-ENDS things of short duration or of little value; trifles, fragments, scraps ...a1626
• CANTLET a small cantle, a fragment ...a1700
• EKES AND ENS odds and ends; fragments ...Bk1900 N. Ireland
• GABBER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1706 Sc.
• GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment ...ME
• HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece ...1599
• INCH-PIECES very small fragments ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK-END a fragment or small remainder ...1894 Eng. dial.
• JAG † a shred of cloth; also, a scrap, a fragment ...1555 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.
• LAGGERMENTS fragments; odds and ends of pieces left from work ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LEVETS †* leavings, fragments ...1528
• MAMMOCK a fragment; a scrap ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MIDGAN a small fragment; a scrap, a shred ...1846 Eng. dial.
• MIDGET a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity ...1908 Sc.
• NICK a broken-off fragment; a small piece; a scrap ...1880 Sc. 
• NIRT a fragment, a morsel, a particle ...1866 Sc. 
• NIMMIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc. 
• NIMP a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc. 
• NIMPIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1915 Sc. 
• NIMSH a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1910 Sc. 
• NIMSHIE a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1919 Sc. 
• NIPPERKIN a morsel, a fragment ...1825 Sc. 
• NIRL a small knot or lump; a broken-off fragment, a morsel, a crumb, a small shrivelled-looking object ...1808 Sc. 
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...1738
• ODDMENT a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants ...1563-87 obs.
• PARCEL † one of several parts into which a thing is broken or divided; a fragment, a piece ...1686
• PASH a great many, a great number; the fragments produced by a smash ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PIGS AND WHISTLES fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things ...1681
• RAFLOCK a fragment ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles ...1882 Sc. 
• SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBET a scrap, a fragment ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRIM a small piece of anything edible; a fragment, a crumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG a fragment ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCURRICK, SKERRICK, SKOURICK, SKURRICK a small quantity; a small fragment; the slightest bit ...1825 colloq.
• SIPPET a small piece of something; a mere fragment ...1613
• SKORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SMITHER a bit, a fragment ...1864 Amer. dial.
• TOOTHPICKS splinters, small elongated fragments ...1839
• VANNOCK a considerable portion; a large fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fragment - verbs
• MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred ...1520 Eng, dial.
 
FRAGRANCE - nouns
• FRAGOR, FRAGOUR †* fragrance; a strong sweet scent ...1638 
​• SUAVEOLENCE † fragrance ...1657
 
FRAGRANT - adjectives
• BALMY delicately and deliciously fragrant ...c1500
• DAINTY fragrant, implying delicacy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRAGROUS fragrant ...1869
• NECTARED delicious, sweet or fragrant ...c1595
• NECTAREL †* like nectar; fragrant ...1648
• ODIFERANT † that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant ...a1529
• ODIFEROUS † that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant ...a1400
• ODORAMINOUS †* smelling sweet; fragrant; pertaining to odour ...1656
• ODORATE * scented, fragrant ...1626
• ODORAUNT sweet-smelling ...a1465
• ODORIFERANT * that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant ...1549
• ODORIFERE †* that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant ...1527
• ODORIFEROUS fragrant, perfumed, giving odour or scent ...c1487
• ODORIFIC †* that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant ...1685
• ODOURFUL odorous, fragrant ...1889 nonce word
fragrant - nouns
• ODORATE * a scented or fragrant substance ..a1682
• SUFFITION † a fragrant substance, perfume ...1656
fragrant - verbs 
• ESSENCIFICATE † to imbue with an essence, to make fragrant ...1657
• SUFFITE †* to make fragrant ...1657
 
FRAIL - adjectives
• BRICKLE † frail, weak ...c1460
• CASUAL † subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious ...1529
• FAIL † delicate, in a frail state of health ...1825 Sc.
• PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1862 Amer. dial.
• PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SILLY † of persons or animals: weak, feeble, frail ...1567
• TEARY weak, frail, delicate; faint ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TEMPERY slight, insecure, weak, frail ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TEMPORARY slight, insecure, weak, frail ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TEMPORY slight, insecure, weak, frail ...1877 Eng. dial.
• UNFREELIE frail, feeble ...Bk1905 Sc.
frail - person
• BEVAR one who is worn out with age; a frail old person, one who trembles or totters ...1825 Sc.
• BIT OF SOAP a charming girl, though frail ...1883 sl.
• FEEBLE † a feeble person; a weak, frail, or ineffectual person ...1340
• HECKAPURDES a poor, frail person ...1929 Sc.
• PAPIYOT a weakling; a frail person; a useless opponent in a game ...20C W. Indies sl. 
• PAWCHLE a frail old person; also, a person of low stature, rather silly ...1824 Sc.  

FRAMED - adjectives
• BUM-BEEFED framed by the police as in the case when drugs are planted in one's pocket by the arresting officer ...1960s US Black sl.
 
FRANCE, FRENCH - adjectives
• FROGGY  (derogatory) French ...1872 sl.
• GALLIAN † Gallic, French ...1591
• GALLO-AMERICAN of combined French and American character ...1797
• GALLOMANIAC having an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs ...1897
• GAULISH French ...1659 poetic and humorous
• LUTETIAN belonging to Lutetia or Paris; Parisian ...1740
• LYONNAIS pert. to Lyons or its inhabitants ...1801
• PARLEYVOO French; foreign ...1828 Sc.
France, French - nouns
• FRENCHYVILLE Paris ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FROG (derogatory) the French language ...1955 sl.
• FROGLAND (derogatory) France ...jocular
• FROG'S PARADISE Paris ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FROGTOWN Paris ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GALLICISM 1. an idiom or mode of expression belonging to the French language, esp. one used by a speaker or writer in some other language; also, free use of French idiom ...1656
2. a French characteristic, custom, mode of thought, etc. ...1715
• GALLOMANIA an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs ...1877
• GALLOPHILISM fondness for France, friendliness towards it ...1894
• GALLOPHOBIA a morbid dread of the French, or abhorrence of what is French ...1803
• JOHNNY CRAPAUD the French nation personified ...colloq. arch.
• JOHNNY CRAPEAU the French nation personified ...colloq. arch.
• MUDDY TRENCH the French ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• PAREE Paris, France ...1848 UK sl.
• PARLAY-VOO the French language ...M18 sl.
• PARLEY to speak French; to talk unintelligibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARLEYVOO the French language ...M18 sl.
• SAMMY HEAVEN Paris ...Amer. World War I sl.
• WE WE TOWN Paris (French 'oui, oui') ...World War I Amer. sl.
• YANKEE HEAVEN Paris ...L19 sl.
• YANKEE PARADISE Paris ...L19 sl.
France, French - person
• ABBEVILLIAN † a native or inhabitant of Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department of northern France ...1863
• ADJOINT an official assistant or deputy to someone holding a civil or military position; a French civil officer who assists the maire; also, an assistant professor in a French college ...1645
• BISCAN an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France ...1634
• BISCAYAN an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France ...1634
• BISCAYNER a native of Biscay ...1664
• CARMAGNOLE a nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army ...1823
• DIDONK a French soldier ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DIRTY PUSS a young Frenchwoman ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FRANKIES the French ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FRENCHER (not necessarily derogatory) a Frenchman ...M19 sl.
• FRENCHIE, FRENCHY (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian ...1860 sl.
• FROG (derogatory) a French person ...1772
• FROG-EATER (derogatory) a nickname for a Frenchman ...1812 US sl.
• FROGGEE (derogatory) a French person ...1872 sl.
• FROGGY (derogatory) a French person ...1865 sl.
• GALLIC * a Frenchman ...1755
• GALLICAN 1. * one who favours friendly relations with France ...1876
2. a member of the Gallican party in the French Church ...1882
• GALLICIZER one who Gallicizes, or adapts oneself to French habits, speech, etc. ...1859
• GALLO-BRITON one partly French and partly British, either in birth or sympathies ...1819
• GALLOMAN one who has an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs ...1787
• GALLOMANIAC one who has an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs ...1819
• GALLOPHIL a friend of France and its interests ...1889
• GALLOPHOBE one having a morbid dread of the French, or who abhors what is French ...1883
• GARDE MOBILE a member of the French military force, now chiefly engaged in police activity ...1848
• GARLIC (derogatory) a French, Portuguese, or Italian person ...1971 US sl.
• GARLIC DESTROYER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person ...1915 US sl.
• GARLIC-EATER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person ...1865 US sl.
• GARLIC-MOUTH (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person ...1957 US sl.
• GASCON a native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region and former province in south-west France ...a1387
• GAUL a Frenchman ...1630 poetic and humorous
• GENDARME 1. † in the older French army: a horseman in full armour, having several others under his command; later, a mounted trooper, esp. of the royal companies ...c1565
2. a soldier, either mounted or on foot, who is employed in police duties, esp. in France ...1796
• GENERAL CRAPAUD a sailor's name for a Frenchman, one whom he thinks would be a better sailor if he would but talk English instead of French ...Bk1867 nautical usage
• GISCARDIAN a follower or supporter of Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, and its Minister of Finance in the 1960s and early 1970s ...1977
• GISCARDIST a follower or supporter of Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, and its Minister of Finance in the 1960s and early 1970s ...1976 Dict 
• HABITANT a yeoman farmer of French origin; hence, a person of French origin, esp. one who is poor or lower-class ...1856 Amer. dial. 
• HEN-EATER a French person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HIS GALLIC MAJESTY † the king of France ...1712
• JOHNNY CRAPAUD a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• JOHNNY CRAPEAU a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• JOHNNY CRAPO, JOHNNY CRAPPO a Frenchman ...19C sl.
• JOHNNY CRAPOSE a Frenchman ...19C sl.
• KESKYDEE a French person (“Qu’est-ce qu’il dit?”) ...1971 Amer. dial.
• KISKEEDEE a French person (“Qu’est-ce qu’il dit?”) ...1971 Amer. dial.
• LYONNAIS a native or inhabitant of the city of Lyons ...1653
• MADAME † a French married woman; a Frenchman's wife ...1599
• MAMSELL an unmarried French woman ...1819 colloq.
• MONSIEUR 1. * a person usually addressed as 'Monsieur', a Frenchman; spec., in early use, a Frenchman of rank ...a1513 colloq.
2. the second son or the next younger brother of the King of France ...1552-3 hist.
• MONSIEUR PARIS the public executioner of Paris ...1859
• MONTAGNARD a member of the 'Mountain', an extreme democratic party of the French Revolution ...1794
• MOSSOO monsieur; a Frenchman; also used humorously as a form of address or courtesy ...1809 Brit. colloq.
• MOUNSEAR, MOUNSEER * a Frenchman; chiefly depreciative ...1755 sl.
• MOUNTAINEER † a member of the 'Mountain', and extreme democratic party of the first French Revolution ...1801 French Hist.
• MOUNTAINER †* a graduate or disciple of the school of medicine at Montpellier in southern France ...a1425
• MOUSQUETAIRE a French soldier armed with a musket; a French musketeer; in French history, a member of either of bodies (called respectively the Grey or White and the Black Mousquetaires, from the colour of their horses' caparisons) which formed part of the French king's household troops in the 17th and 18th centuries ...1706
• OG-FRAY a Frenchman ...20C US Pig Latin for 'frog'
• OU-LA-LA GIRL a French girl ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PARLEYVOO a nickname for a Frenchman ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• PARLY a French person ...E19 sl.
• PEA-EATER a French person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PEA SOUPER (derogatory) a person of French background or heritage, esp. a French Canadian ...1930 Amer. dial.
• POLLY-BOO a person of French background ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAVOYAN † a native or inhabitant of Savoy, a region of S.E. France, south of the Lake of Geneva ...1601
• SAVOYARD a native or inhabitant of Savoy, a region of S.E. France, south of the Lake of Geneva ...1756-7
• TADPOLE a small French child ... World War I Amer. sl.
• ULTRAMONTANE a member of a group of troubadours in the most northerly districts of Provence ...1875
• VENDEAN an inhabitant of La Vendée (west-central France), especially one who took part in the insurrection of 1793 against the Republic ...1796
• WIWI a French person ...1998 NZ sl.
• ZOZO a metropolitan Frenchman ...L19 sl.
France, French - verbs
• GALLICIZE to become French; to adapt oneself to French habits, speech, etc. ...1775
• PARLEYVOO to speak a foreign language, esp. to speak French ...M18 sl.
• PARLEY-VOUS to speak a foreign language, esp. to speak French ...M18 sl.
 
FRANK - adjectives
• ABOVE-BOARD frank, open, undisguised ...E17 Eng. sl.
• FAIR-SPOKEN frank, friendly; suave ...1880 Sc.
• NEAR THE BONE embarrassingly frank ...1941 sl.
• NEAR THE KNUCKLE embarrassingly frank ...1909 sl.
• OPEN-BREASTED † not concealing thoughts or feelings, frank ...a1616
• OPEN-HEARTED not reserved, frank ...1611
• OPEN-VISAGED † having a frank or ingenuous face ...1494
• TAM-PLAIN frank, candid ...1828 Sc.
• UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank ...1605
frank - person
• HIP-SHOOTER a person who makes snap decisions or acts impulsively; someone who talks without thinking; someone who speaks very frankly ...1964 orig. & chiefly US
frank - verbs
• FACT to speak frankly and truthfully ...1942 US Black sl.
• GIVE THE STRAIGHT TIP to speak out frankly and decisively; to give a final answer; to speak one's mind ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S HEART AT ONE'S TONGUE'S END † to be always ready to speak what is in one's mind ...1592
• MEALYMOUTH to avoid frank speech ...1934 Amer. dial.
• OPEN UP to speak openly or frankly, ceasing to be secretive ...1921 sl.,
• TALK COLD TURKEY to speak frankly ...1903 sl., orig. Amer.
• TALK TURKEY to speak frankly ...1903 sl., orig. Amer.
• TURKEY to speak frankly and without reserve; to talk hard facts, to get down to business ...E19 sl., orig. US
 
FRANKFURTER - see HOT DOG
 
FRANKLY - adverbs
• FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright ...1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SINGLE-MINDEDLY sincerely, frankly ...1579
• WITH OPEN FACE † with uncovered face; hence, confidently, frankly; also, brazenly ...1388
 
FRANTIC - adjectives
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• LUNATIC madly foolish, frantic, idiotic ...1571
• RAGEFUL †* mad, frantic, frenzied ...1580
• RAMMIST * mad, crazy, frantic ...1456 Sc.
• RAUNCHY wild; frantic; distraught ...1954 Amer. dial.
frantic - person
• HEADLESS CHICKEN a person engaged in frantic but purposeless activity; one acting without rhyme or reason; one who has lost composure ...1924
frantic - verbs 
• BUSY AS A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy ...1987 colloq
• DANCE ABOUT LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy ...1936 colloq.
• FLAP AROUND LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy ...1949 colloq.
• MANG to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. ...1766 Sc.
• RAMMIS to behave frantically; to rush wildly about ...a1585 Sc.
• RAMMISH to behave frantically; to rush wildly about; to go about in a state approaching frenzy ...a1585 Sc.
• RUN AROUND LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy ...1970 colloq.

FRANTICALLY - adverbs
• LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY in a frantic manner ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
FRATERNITY - nouns
• FRAT a college fraternity ...1895 US college sl.
• GAMMA DELTA IOTA a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don't belong to fraternities or sororities ...2000 US sl.
• RUSH the process by which fraternities and sororities entertain new students in order to assess suitability for membership ...1885 US college sl.
• SWEAT-BOX an effort to convince one to join a fraternity ...Bk1934 college sl.
• TONG a fraternity house ...Bk1934 college sl.
fraternity - person 
• BAG a stereotypical fraternity member ...1982 US college sl.
• BAGGER a stereotypical fraternity member ...1977 US college sl.
• BARB 1. a student who is not a member of a Greek-letter fraternity ...1900 US college sl.
2. a student or officer of instruction opposed to Greek-letter fraternities ...1914 US college sl.
• FIJI a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; also, the fraternity itself ...1963 Amer. students' sl.
• FRAT a member of a college fraternity; a college fraternity ...1895 US college sl.
• FRAT-RAT (derogatory) a college fraternity member ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FROG a freshman; hence, a prospective member of a Greek-letter fraternity ...1942 US college sl.
• GAMMA DELTA IOTA a college student who is not a fraternity or sorority member ...2000 US sl.
• GEEK a Greek, a sorority or fraternity member ...Bk1989 US college sl.
• HAT a fraternity member ...1991 US college sl.
• RUSHEE someone 'rushed' or entertained to assess their suitability for membership of a fraternity or sorority ...1916 US college sl.
fraternity - verbs 
• RUSH of fraternity or sorority members: to entertain a student in order to assess his or her suitability for membership; to attempt to recruit a student or a group of students to a particular fraternity or sorority ...1879 US college sl.
• TAP to select for a college fraternity or society ...1920s US sl.
 
FRAUD, FRAUDULENT - adjectives
• COVINOUS † fraudulent, deceitful, collusive, dishonest ...1570
• CRONK obtained by fraud; dishonest, corrupt ...1889 Aust. sl.
• EDUCATED fraudulent ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended ...1775
• FAKE-ASS fraudulent ...1990s US sl.
• FAKEN † deceitful, fraudulent ...c1000
• GOOD AS CAZ, AS signifies that any projected fraud or robbery may be easily and certainly accomplished ...1812 Amer. sl.
• IMPOSTORIOUS †* having the character of an impostor or imposture; fraudulent; deceitful ...1623 
​• JIM CROW incompetent; small-time; fraudulent ...1838 Amer. dial.
• SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent ...M19 US sl.
fraud, fraudulent - nouns 
• ABET † fraud, cunning, wiles ...c1315
• BARRAT † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
• BOONDOGGLE a dishonest undertaking, a fraud ...M20 N. Amer. sl.
• BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution ...1935 Brit. sl.
• CON deception, swindling, fraud ...1901 sl., orig. US
• CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
• CROSS, THE dishonest or fraudulent practices, criminal activities; a fraud or swindle ...E19 sl.
• DAISY CHAIN in finance: a collaborative fraudulent scheme for the evasion of corporate or other taxes ...1985 US sl.
• DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment ...1866 Amer. sl.
• DECEPTURE † fraud, deceit ...1855
• DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent information ...B1900 Sc.
• DWALE † error, delusion; deceit, fraud ...c950
• FAITERY † fraud, deception, hypocrisy ...1377
• FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action ...1829 sl.
• FAKEN † fraud, guile; wickedness, crime ...c924
• FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery ...c1000
• FALSET falsehood, treachery, fraud ...1375 obs., chiefly Sc.
• FALSITY † false or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud ...c1330
• FAUSONRY † fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc. ...1647
• FAUXONRY † fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc. ...1647
• FAWNEY-DROPPING a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: "a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud ...1874 sl., orig. US
• F.P. false pretenses, thus fraud ...20C UK criminals' sl.
• FUNNY corrupt; fraudulent; of playing cards: tampered with ...20C sl.
• GAFF a fraud, a racket ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GUZZLE a fraud ...1852 Amer. sl.
• GYP an act or method of swindling; a swindle or fraud; an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a bitter disappointment ...1914 Amer. sl.
• GYP RACKET swindling, fraud ...20C US sl.
• HOAX a deception, a fraud ...L18 sl.
• HUSTLE a swindle, a racket; a means of deception or fraud; a source of income; a paid job ...1963 sl., orig. US
• INSOOK a bad bargain; a 'suck in' fraud ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle ...1865 Sc.
• JACK-UP a fraudulent or dishonest practice or arrangement; a trick, a hoax, a swindle ...1945 NZ sl.
• JAPE †* something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud ...c1400
• LEMON a disappointment, anything worthless or fraudulent, esp. a poor quality drug purchase ...1910s sl.
• LURK a form of fraud in which one pretends some form of distress in order to raise money from the credulous ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• MAG-STAKE money obtained by trickery or fraud ...M19 sl.
• MALENGIN † evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile ...1390
• MARLOCK a fraudulent contrivance or trick ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICKEL PLATE a fraud, a deception ...L19 US sl.
• OLD MOODY a cunning trick, a fraud ...1930s sl.
• PROP GAME a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs ...1966 Brit. sl.
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices ...1812 sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• READY-UP a swindle, conspiracy, or fraud ...1924 Aust. sl.
• RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud ...1970 sl.
• RORT a fraudulent or dishonest practice; a trick, a dodge ...1926 Aust. sl.
• SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy ...1963 sl., orig. US
• SCONCING cheating, fraud ...1774 Sc.
• SKANK a confidence trick; a fraudulent scheme ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1868 US sl.
• STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• SWITCH a fraudulent substitution ...1938 sl.
• TAKE money acquired by theft or fraud ...1888 sl., chiefly US
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
fraud, fraudulent - person  (includes FRAUDSTER)
• BESTER * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater ...1856 sl.
• BLINDFOLDER a deceiver, a fraud, a cheat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEADBEAT an impostor or pretender; a fraud; a cheat ...1873 Amer. sl.
• FAKER a confidence trickster; a fraudster ...M19 sl.
• FAWNEY one who practices the fraud involving bogus jewellery ...1781 sl.
• FAWNEY-DROPPER one who practices the 'fawney-rig' ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAWNEY-MAN a seller of bogus jewellery ...L18 sl.
• GAFFER - the 'straight' front man for any form of fraud or marginal business ...1973 sl.
• GAGGER a confidence trickster, a cheat, esp. when telling 'sob stories' or posing as a deaf mute; a charlatan, a fraudster ...1781 sl.
• HIGHBINDER (derogatory) a fraudulent or unscrupulous person; orig. and esp. a politician ...1890
• JOCKEY * a fraudulent bargainer; a cheat ...L17
• MASON † one who acquires goods fraudulently by giving a bill which he does not intend to honour ...1753 sl.
• MASONER † one who acquires goods fraudulently by giving a bill which he does not intend to honour ...1753 sl.
• NIBBING-CULL a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1775 sl.
• NIBBLER a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1823 sl.
• OPERATOR † a quack manufacturer of drugs, etc.; one who lives by fraudulent operations ...1674
• PACKER † a confederate in a fraudulent design; a conspirator; a plotter  ...1771 
• PAPER-HANGER a criminal whose expertise is the use of fraudulent securities ...1954 US sl.
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard, a boastful or pompous person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• PROP MAN a fraudster operating the prop game ...1966 Brit. sl.
• QUACK one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant; a charlatan; a fraudster; a cheat ...1638
• QUACKSALVER one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant; a charlatan; a fraudster; a cheat ...1611
• SALTIMBANCO - a mountebank; a quack; a charlatan; a fraudster ...1646 
• SCALER a fraudster or cheat; a swindler; someone who 'scales' a train or tram (avoids paying one's fare) ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMMER a person who earns his living dishonestly, esp. by his wits, as a confidence man, swindler, smuggler, fraudster, etc. ...1972 sl., orig. US
• SCANDAROON † a swindler, a fraudulent dealer, a defrauder ...1631
• SNIFFER a claims investigator of unemployment and other benefit fraud ...1982 UK sl. 
fraud, fraudulent - verbs
• BEND to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...19C sl.
• DO SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING to deprive someone of something by fraud or unfair means ...1825 sl.
• FAKE to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose ...1812 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GAG to cheat, to act fraudulently, to deceive ...1781 sl.
• MAKE to acquire by fraud or artifice; to decoy; to steal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD A BILL to fraudulently add items to a bill or to an expense account statement in order to obtain money that one is not actually owed ...1930s sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1933 Amer. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
• QUACK to promote one's business through fraudulent claims ...M19 sl.
• RORT to engage in fraudulent or dishonest manipulation of a system, records, an election, etc.; chiefly Australian political  usage ...1982 
• SEND SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money ...1907 sl.
• SHAVE to strip a person of money or possessions by fraud, extortion, etc.; to swindle ...LME now colloq.
• SKANK to work a confidence trick; to operate a fraud; to work behind someone's back ...2000 UK sl.
• SPANK to fraudulently amend financial accounts ...1999 US sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money ...1907 sl.
• VERSE † to practise fraud or imposition ...1591 cant
 
FRAUDULENTLY - adverbs
• DECEIVABLY † deceitfully, fraudulently, falsely ...1387
 
FRAY - nouns
• BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
• PLISKY a fray, a scrimmage ...1887 Sc.
fray - verbs
• FASEL †* to ravel, to fray ...c1440
• TASH to stain, to soil, to tarnish, to dirty, to deface; to fray, to batter, to dishevel, to knock about, to treat roughly or carelessly so as to spoil ...1808 Sc.
• VAZ OUT to fray ...1896 Eng. dial.
 
FREAK OUT - verbs
• SNAP to go crazy; to freak out ...1970s Amer. sl.
 
FRECKLE - nouns
• ARR a spot or freckle ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DANE SKIN a freckled skin ...1887 Eng. dial.
• FARMFRECKLE a freckle on the skin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• FERNITICKLES † freckles ...1483 obs. exc. Sc.
• FORM-SPECKLE †* a freckle ...1702
• HEAT-SPOT a red spot on the skin, a freckle ...1822-34
• LENTIGO a freckle or pimple ...c1400
• LENTILS † freckles or spots on the skin ...1558-68
• MASE † a spot, a freckle ...1527
• MURFLES freckles ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SUMMER-FOLD † a freckle ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUMMER SPOT a freckle ...1876
• TANSY-FACE a freckled face ...1972 Sc.
• THORN-SPECKLES freckles ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY-EGGS freckles ...1761 Eng. & Amer. dial.
freckle - person
• PAINT a nickname for a man with freckles ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage 

FRECKLED - adjectives
• BRAN-FACED freckle-faced ...1890 Eng. dial.
• CHITTY †* freckled; covered with warts or pimples ...1552
• FAN-FECKLED freckled, spotted with the sun ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FAN-FRECKLED freckled, spotted with the sun ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FARM-SPRECKLED freckled, having freckles on the skin ...1893 Eng. dial.
• FRECKNY † freckled ...c1440
• LENTIGINOUS full of freckles ...1597
• NAEVOSE * spotted, freckled ...1847
• NAEVOSE * spotted, freckled ...1847
• PAWMPECKLED freckled, spotted ...1843 Eng. dial.  
• PAWM-SPECKLED freckled, spotted ...1843 Eng. dial.  
• THORN-PECKLED freckled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY-EGGED freckled, speckled ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
FREE - adjectives
• ACQUIT acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
• AT ONE'S LARGE † at liberty ...c1384
• BACKSHEE free ...M18 sl.
• BUCKSHEE free of charge ...1916 Brit. sl.
• FREEBEE free of charge ...1942 US sl.
• FREEBIE free of charge ...1942 US sl.
• FREEBY free of charge ...1942 US sl.
• HAND-LOOSE † free from restraint ...1596
• LARGE 1. † having few or no restrictions or limitations; allowing considerable freedom ...c1510
2. †* liberated, free ...1600
• OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• ON THE ARM free of charge ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCART-FREE free of expense ...1877 Sc.
free - adverbs
• BUCKSHEE for free, gratuitously ...1921 Army sl.
• DEADHEAD for free ...M19 sl.
• ON A ZOOM for free ...1930s US Black sl.
• ON ONE'S FACE on credit, for free ...L19 US sl.
free - nouns 
• FREEBEE, FREEBIE, FREEBY something free ...1928 sl., orig. US
• RABBITS perquisites; anything 'buckshee' (free of charge) ...c1920 Royal Navy usage
• SWAG free merchandise or tickets to concerts handed out by music recording companies ...1997 US sl.
free - verbs 
• BUST LOOSE to break free from constraints ...1920s US sl.
• LEESE † to set free, to release ...a900
• MANUMISE † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMISS † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1432-50
• QUIT † to set free, to release, to redeem (usually a person) ...a1300
• REIGN to be at liberty ...Bk1903 Aust. thieves' sl.
• UNBAY † to free from barrier or restraint ...1687
• UNBIND † to make free, to release from some legal restraint of obligation ...1297
• ZOOM to get something without paying for it, as a ticket to a show ...1930s US Black sl.
 
FREE-AND-EASY - adjectives
• RAG-TIME free-and-easy ...c1920  Services' usage
 
FREEBOOTER - person
• BERSERK a wild Norse warrior of great strength and ferocious courage, who fought on the battlefield with a frenzied fury known as the 'berserker rage'; often a lawless bravo or freebooter ...1879
• BERSERKER a wild Norse warrior of great strength and ferocious courage, who fought on the battlefield with a frenzied fury known as the 'berserker rage'; often a lawless bravo or freebooter ...1822
• JAYHAWKER a freebooter; a guerilla; a marauder during the Kansas troubles and since extended to all bandits ...1887 Amer. sl.
• MARAUDER one who roves in quest of plunder; a freebooter, a plunderer ...1698
• MOSS-TROOPER a member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th century, carried out raids across the 'mosses' of the Scottish Border; a Border pillager or freebooter ...1645 orig. Sc.
• RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond ...1690
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
 
FREEDOM - adjectives
• ELEUTHEROMANIAC having a mania or frantic zeal for freedom ...1837
freedom- nouns 
• IMMUNITY † freedom from ordinary restraints; undue freedom, license ...1583
• LARGENESS 1. † liberality, open-handedness; freedom in giving or spending ...a1300
2. †* freedom, scope, opportunity ...a1631
• LARGESSE † freedom, liberty ...c1425
• SCOUTH, SCOWTH room, freedom, liberty to range, scope ...1742 Sc.
• SCOUTH AND ROUTH freedom, room to range ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SLACK freedom, leeway, relief of pressure ...1950s sl.
freedom - person 
• ELEUTHEROMANIAC a person having a mad zeal for freedom ...1837
freedom - verbs 
• TIE THE HANDS OF to deprive of freedom of action ...1642
freedom - phrases
• TO THE LARGE † into a state of freedom ...a1300.

FREEHOLDER - person
• OAKEN TENANT † one who has tenure by freehold; a freeholder ...1619
• YEOMAN a man holding a small landed estate; a freeholder under the rank of a gentleman; hence vaguely, a commoner or countryman of respectable standing, esp. one who cultivates his own land ...1411

FREELOADER - person (also see SPONGER, etc.)
• HANGER-ON a follower or dependant; a parasite; a sponger, a freeloader ...1549
• YO-YO an uncompromising person; one whose political opinions and ideas change as necessary for personal gain; a freeloader ...1947 Amer. sl. 
 
FREELY - adverbs
• DELIVERLY freely, continuously ...1825 Sc.
• FROM CAN TO CAN'T without stint; all day long ...1968 US sl.
• LARGE † freely, unrestrainedly, boldly ...a1400
• LARGELY † freely, without restraint ...c1425
• QUITELY † freely, at liberty ...c1330
 
FREEMASON - person (also see MASON)
• LEFT-HANDED BRICKLAYER a Freemason ...c1950 Brit. sl.
• MASONESS a female freemason ...1833 nonce word
• WARDEN in freemasonry: either of two officers (called Senior and Junior Warden) in a symbolic lodge whose duty it is to assist the Worshipful Master ...a1723 

FREE-SPIRITED - adjectives
• ODDBALL whimsically free-spirited, eccentric, atypical ...1940 Amer. colloq.
free-spirited - person
• GIPSIE, GIPSY, GYPSY a person who is free-spirited and carefree, or who travels to many places ...1937
 
FREE-SPOKEN - adjectives
• OFF-HAND plain, honest, blunt; free-spoken ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
FREEZE - verbs
• CATCH to freeze ...1879 Amer. dial.
• CATCH OVER to freeze over ...1886
• FRIGITATE †* to freeze, to cool ...1635
• LAPPER of water: to congeal, to turn to ice slowly, to freeze ...1789 Sc.
• SKIFF to freeze over in a thin coat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKIFT to freeze over in a thin coat ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SKIM to freeze in a thin layer ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKIMP to freeze in a thin layer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAKE of water: to begin to freeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIE to freeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FREEZER - nouns
• MONA LISA a freezer ...1980s rhyming sl.
 
FREEZING - adjectives
• ARCTIC of weather or conditions: extremely cold, freezing ...1876 colloq.
freezing - nouns
• GELATION solidification by cold, freezing ...1854
 
FREIGHT - nouns
• BALLAST † load, burden, freight ...1620
• NAULIZAMENT †* freighting of a vessel ...1533
freight - verbs 
• BALLAST † to freight, to load with cargo ...1590
 
FRENCH - see FRANCE
 
FRENCH TOAST - nouns
• LOST BREAD French toast ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAIN PERDU French toast ...1896 Amer. dial.
• PAN-PAN-DO French toast ...2000 Amer. dial.
 
FRENZIED, FRENZY - adjectives
• AMOK †* in a homicidal frenzy ...E16
• APE frenzied, berserk ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• HET UP frenzied, having lost one's composure ...1902 sl.
• HOT AND BOTHERED frenzied, having lost one's composure ...1921 sl.
• MADDING becoming mad; acting madly; frenzied ...1579 now poetical or rhetorical
• MAFFICKY inclined to be uproariously enthusiastic; frenzied with joy ...Bk1910 sl.
• RAGEFUL †* mad, frantic, frenzied ...1580
• RAISED infuriated, irascible, wild, frenzied, over-excited ...1704 Sc.
• RAMAGE of persons: furious, frenzied, raging ...c1470
• RAMAGEOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600 obs.
• RAMAGIOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
frenzied, frenzy - nouns
• PANIC STATIONS a frenzy; alarm leading to confused action ...1961 sl.
• RAISE a state of extreme bad temper; a frenzy ...1894 Sc.
• RAMMISTNESS † madness, frenzy ...1456 Sc.
• REE excitement, frenzy ...1825 Sc.
frenzied, frenzy - person
• MAFFICKER n. one who celebrates a joyful event with frenzied enthusiasm ...1900
frenzied, frenzy - verbs 
• ECSTASY † to throw into a state of frenzy or stupor ...1627
• GET ONE'S KNICKERS IN A TWIST to become angrily agitated or upset; to behave frenziedly ...1971 Brit. sl.
• GO APE to behave frenziedly ...1955 sl., orig. US
• HAVE A FIT to behave frenziedly ...1877 sl.
• HAVE FORTY FITS to behave frenziedly ...1877 sl.
• HAVE KITTENS to be in a state of great excitement, anxiety, or anger; to behave frenziedly ...1900 sl., orig. US
• LOCO craze, to derange, to frenzy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• MAFFICK to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar ...1900
• RAMMISH to be driven about under the influence of any strong desire; to go about in a state approaching frenzy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEAR ONE'S HAIR to behave frenziedly ...1606
• TEAR ONE'S HAIR OUT to behave frenziedly ...1606
 
 FREQUENCY - nouns
• CREBRITUDE †* frequency, oftenness ...1730
 
FREQUENT - adjectives
• CREBROUS †* frequent; frequently occurring; near together ...c1600
• OFT frequent, numerous, repeated ...1868 Sc.
• ORDINARY † of common or everyday occurrence; frequent; abundant ...1597
• RANK † numerous, frequent ...1545 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• REGULAR AS PIG-TRACKS frequent ...1853 Amer. dial.
• THICK numerous, plentiful; frequent, in quick succession ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEDER † quick; frequent ...a1400-50
frequent - verbs 
• HARBOUR to dwell in a place; to haunt, to frequent ...1886 Eng. dial.
• HEAT †* to keep a place 'warm' by frequenting it ...1606
• KADOODLE to hang around, to frequent, to wander about ...L19 US sl.
 
FREQUENTED - adjectives
• OF GREAT HAUNT † much frequented ...c1345
 
FREQUENTER - person
• HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation; a habitual visitor or temporary resident ...1818
• HAUNTER one who haunts; a frequenter; one who is often found in any place ...c1440
• SUITOR †* a frequenter of a place ...c1290
 
FREQUENTLY - adverbs
• AT EVERY HAND'S TURN often, frequently ...1899 Amer. dial.
• AT EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1809 Amer. dial.
• EVER ANONS-WHILE at frequent intervals ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVERLIE constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually ...1829 Sc.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERY HANDS WHILE frequently, constantly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVERY-LIKE very frequently, on every occasion or opportunity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1827 Amer. dial.
• HAUNTINGLY † often, frequently, customarily ...c1440
• MANY A TIME AND OFT on many occasions, in many instances, often, frequently ...1760-72
• OFTEN-SITHE † many times; frequently, often ...c1386
• OFTEN-TIDE † many times; frequently, often ...c1330
• OFTENTIME * frequently, often ...c1400
• OFTENTIMES many times; frequently, often ...c1430 arch.
• OFTEN-WHILE many times; frequently, often ...1605
• OFTEN-WHILES many times; frequently, often ...a1850
• REGULAR AWAY often, frequently ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIME OUT OF NUMBER frequently, repeatedly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TIMES frequently, many times ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TIMES AND OFTEN frequently, repeatedly, many times ...1885 Eng. dial.
• UNDER AND OVER frequently, over and over again ...1874 Eng. dial.