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 44 THE DIALECT OF Tuesday Fcutem^s Even, and it is so called here; in^&ct the word Fasten8j instead of being Fcutings, may be F(utem'8,lBiokmg the r. See Letter B. ' Mahoun gart cry ane dance Of Shrewis that were never shriven, Against the fast of Fastem^s Even To mak* their observance.* Fastens Tuesday, the name here given to Shrove Tuesday, and, aa stated above, is probably a corruption of Fastem^s Tuesday. See Preface, Shrove Tuesday. Fat, or Fattened, said of a marble driven up when it lodges on the small ring at ringtaw. Fate [fait-], the past tense of fight tor fought Fought is also used, but IS pronounced as /out {ou as in sound). Fat hen, the common name of a plant, Chenopodium album. For- merly it was much used as a vegetable, and is similar in its taste to spinach. It grows luxuriantly by muckmiddtns. Father, pronounced to rhyme to the word gaJther in Southern English. Fatshive (pronounced shauv)^ a slice of bread soaked in the dripping pan, or spread over with fat. Fattened, the same as Fat (which see). Fauf {gL foaf), said of land when ploughed or prepared, but not cropped. A ' potato /au/' is when the land is ready for the sets^ and also after the crop has been taken out Fanf, vh. They say a man is faufing his land when he is cleaning it with no crop on it. [The word is probably a variation of feigh, or fay. The Icelandic iafdaa, to clean, to till the ground, &c. ; and the Icelandic a is pronounced as ou in foul. — ^W. W. S.] Feamonght (pronounced feamout), a machine for mixing wool, shoddy, and mungO before putting upon the condenser. Felks, the pieces of wood which form the circumference of a wheel. Felly, a fellow ; used also for a husband. One of our tenants said to me, ' AuVe lost my feUy sin* Au saw yo,' which I soon found to mean her partner. Felly, vh. ' He fellies about,' i. e. swaggers. Felter, to entangle. In Towneley Mysteries we find : < With a hede 13'ke a clowde feUerd his here.' — ' Prima Pastorum. and — ' This jehan jowke dryfys he no dogges to felter. "* — * Juditium.' Fend, to provide ; be industrious. A jay is a bird * fonder of steal- in' fruit nor/endtn',' that is, will not take much trouble to seek its food.