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 169 Flote ore. Seaweed. Carew. Floury milk. Hasty pudding. See Whitepot. Floury. Mealy, as a floury potatoe. Flox. To agitate, or shake up fluid, as in a barrel which is partly filled. Flummox. To cheat, deceive, or impose upon. ^^Eeg- ularly flummoxed ! " Flushj or Flushed. Full fledged. Flushet. A stream dam. Fly-by-night. A silly, thoughtless, restive girl. Flying mare. A wrestling term. Foacer. There are two such, viz : liquid, and solid. The solid one is a good lump of plain pudding before cutting the joint, so as to take off the edge of a sharp hunger. The liquid one is a large basin of broth before dinner, so as to damp, or rather, whet the appetite of young folks. Such domestic tricks have been done once too often. A boy, in desperation at the sight of so much broth, when asked to say " grace," cried out, " Oh ! deliver us from this ocean of broth, and land us safely upon the little island of mutton ! " The following was often said, " Woll'ee haa a foacer, cheeld ? " Foacin. Pushing, striving. " Doant'ee be so foacin." Foathy, or Forethy. Forwards, intrusive. "She's very foathy."