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 Eval, Hevval, Yewal, Yewl, or Devil. A dung-fork with three prongs has these different names.

Ever, or Aiver. See Heaver.

Eving, or Eaving. See Heaving.

Evet, Ebbet, or Emmet. A newt.

Fackle, or Feckle. An acute inflamation in the foot. M.A.C.

Fadé. (Faddy). To go. As at Helstone on Furry day.

Fadé tune. The furry-song tune as played at Helstone on the 8th of May. The music of it is given in Dr. Paris's "Guide to Mount's Bay and Land's End" p. 222; in "Specimens of Cornish Provincial Dialect," by Uncle Jan Trenoodle, pp. 106-7-8, and also in other books on Cornwall.

Fadging along. Walking along. Getting on, prospering.

Fadge. To suit, or fit. "How will it fadge"?" i.e., how will it suit, fit, or answer. Angl. Sax. fegan, "I'll have thy advice and if it fadge thou shalt eat." Mother Bombie, 1594.

"You see how matters fadge." The Merry Devil of Edmonton,

Fadgy. " How do'ee fadgy?" i.e., how do you get on?

Fagot. A Cornish wrestler who has bargained not to win, is said to have "sold his back," and he is contemptuously called a fagot. It is also a name of contempt and anger for an impudent girl, or "hussy." "Ah! you fagot!"