• F BEEP BEEP
phr. 2002 India usage – ‘fuck’ in any use
• F.B.I.’s
n. World War II Amer. sl. – Forgotten Boys of Iceland; army soldiers in Iceland gave themselves this nickname
• FEABERRY
n. 1597 Eng. dial. – a gooseberry
• FEABLE
adj. 1837 Eng. dial. – handy
• FEACHY
adj. 1911 Sc. obs. – pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour
• FEAG
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a violent passion, a burst of temper
vb. 1. 1668 obs. – to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to
vb. 2. 1746 Eng. dial., obs. – to beat with a rod; to thump, to thwack
• FEAGER OF LOGES
n. 17C sl. – a beggar, esp. one who backs up his fraudulent tales with especially created fake documents
• FEAGUE
n. 1. 1664 Eng. dial. – a dirty, sluttish, idle person
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a tiresome, teasing child
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an embarrassment, a predicament
vb. 1. 1668 obs. – to beat, to whip
vb. 2. 1668 obs. – to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to
vb. 3. 1851 Eng. dial. – to embarrass, to encumber
• FEAGUE AWAY
vb. 1672 obs. – to consider, to deliberate
• FEAGUER
n. 1610 obs. – a beggar who uses false passes or counterfeit writings
• FEAK
n. 1. 1548 – a dangling curl of hair
n. 2. 1664 Eng. dial. – a dirty, sluttish, idle person
n. 3. 1859 Eng. dial. – a fidgety, anxious state
n. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a sharp twitch or pull
vb. 1. 1548 Eng. dial. – to twitch, to jerk, to pull smartly
vb. 2. 1652 obs. – to beat, to thrash
vb. 3. 1775 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to flutter, to be officiously busy about trifles, to be idle, to fidget; to be uneasy or anxious
• FEAKER OF LOGES
n. 17C sl. – a beggar, esp. one who backs up his fraudulent tales with especially created fake documents
• FEAKING
n. 1601 obs. – a beating, a thrashing
• FEAKS
n. 1859 Eng. dial. – the fidgets, a state of restlessness
• FEAL
adj. 1568 arch. – faithful, firm in allegiance, constant
vb. c1325 N. Eng. dial. – to hide, to conceal
• FEALD
n. a1400 Eng. dial. – a bundle of straw
• FEANT
n. 1846 Eng. dial. – a fool
• FEAR
n. 1. a1000 obs. – a sudden and terrible event; peril
n. 2. 1426 obs. – intimidation
n. 3. 1535 obs. – an object of fear; something that is, or is to be, feared
n. 4. 1601 obs. – a capability of inspiring fear, formidableness
vb. 1. c1380 obs. – to deter from a course of conduct, etc.
vb. 2. 1578 obs. – to regard with distrust; to doubt
• FEARABLE
adj. 1886 rare – giving cause for fear; to be feared
• FEAR-BABE
n. 1580 obs. – a thing fit only to frighten a baby
• FEAR-BLAST
vb. 1593 – to blast a person with fear
• FEAR-CROW
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a scarecrow; any unsightly object
• FEARD
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. – afraid
• FEARDER
adj. 1838 Sc. – more afraid, more frightened
• FEARED
adj. 1. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – frightened, afraid; timid
adj. 2. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – apprehensive, having an uneasy foreboding
• FEAREDLY
adv. c1470 obs. – fearfully, timidly
• FEAREDNESS
n. a1300 – the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright
• FEAR-FANGIT
adj. 1827 Sc. – panic-stricken, overcome with fear
• FEAR-FICKLE
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – dangerous, uncertain in temper, inspiring fear
• FEARFUL
adj. 1. 1526 obs. – cautious, wary
adj. 2. 1535 obs. – anxious, concerned
adj. 3. 1877 Eng. dial. – enormous in quantity
adv. 1. 1634 obs. – fearfully
adv. 2. 1743 Eng. dial. – extraordinary, out of the common; very, extremely, exceedingly
• FEARFULLY
adv. 1586 obs. – in a state of apprehension or uneasiness; anxiously; cautiously, with hesitation
• FEARIE
adj. 1807 Sc. obs. – afraid, fearful, dreadful, frightful
• FEARIN(G)
n. 1853 Eng. dial. – an evil spirit; a goblin, a ghost
• FEARINGLY
adv. 1. 1556 obs. – in a terrifying manner
adv. 2. 1820 – with fear, timidly
• FEARLAC
n. a1225 obs. – fear, terror
• FEARLESS
adj. 1. 1599 obs. – not regarded with fear; giving no cause for fear, free from danger
adj. 2. 1634 obs. – without doubt about; confident of
• FEARLING
n. 1837 nonce word – a creature that fears
• FEARNOUGHT
n. 1. 1880 – a drink to keep up the spirits
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a lawless, reckless person
• FEAROW
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – a meadow
• FEARSOME
adj. 1935 Amer. dial. – powerful
adv. 1942 Amer. dial. – powerfully, severely
• FEART
adj. 1834 Amer. dial. – afraid
• FEASANCE
n. 1538 obs. – the doing or execution of a condition, obligation, feudal service, etc.
• FEASE
n. 1. 1647 Amer. dial. – a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness
n. 2. 1777 Eng. dial. – a rush, impetus
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a fretting, whining child
vb. 1. 1678 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to drive away, to put to flight; to dissipate
vb. 2. 1777 Eng. dial. – to hurry, to pant, to run up and down
vb. 3. 1870 Eng. dial. – to beat, to chastise
vb. 4. 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to disturb, to annoy, to put to inconvenience; to fret, to worry, to harass
• FEASIBILITY
n. 1655 obs. – capability of being made
• FEASIBLE
adj. 1. c1779 Sc. – of things: neat, tidily made
adj. 2. 1820 Sc. – of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable
adj. 3. 1925 Sc. – pretty fair, satisfactory
• FEASIBLES
n. 1661 obs. – things feasible
• FEAST
n. 1. c1300 obs. – rejoicing, festivity
n. 2. 1485 obs. – a gathering for pleasure or sports
vb. 1608 obs. – to keep holiday, to give oneself to pleasure; to enjoy oneself
• FEAST-BED
n. a1661 obs. – a couch for reclining at meals, a triclinium
• FEASTEN
adj. 1891 rare – made for a feast
• FEASTER
n. 1. c1425 obs. – the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a fluster, a tumult
• A FEAST FIT FOR THE GODS
n. 1938 – something exquisite; a supremely pleasing prospect
• A FEAST FOR THE GODS
n. 1938 – something exquisite; a supremely pleasing prospect
• FEASTICAL
adj. 1809 Eng. dial. – festive
• FEAST IN THE WILDERNESS
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a box-lunch supper
• FEASTLY
adj. c1385 obs. rare – festive, fond of feasting, jolly
adv. c1250 obs. – as men do at a feast; merrily
• FEAST-MAKER
n. a1661 – the giver of a feast
• FEAST-MASTER
n. 1610 – one who presides at a feast
• FEAST OF
adj. 1859 Amer. dial. – disgusted with; sated by; made nauseated by; nauseated
• FEAST OF ST. LUBBOCK
n. L19 sl. – a bank holiday
• FEASTRESS
n. 1836-48 rare – a female feaster
• FEASY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – cross, irritable, peevish, fretful
• FEAT
adj. 1. c1325 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – fitting, suitable, proper
adj. 2. a1471 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – neat in form or appearance, pretty, elegant
adj. 3. c1430 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – of dress, etc.: becoming, well fitting, neat, elegant; hence of the wearer: neatly attired
adj. 4. 1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – of movements: dexterous, graceful
adj. 5. 1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – of speech or action, hence of speakers: apt, apropos; smart, adroit
adj. 6. 1540 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial. – affected, excessively dainty or fastidious
adj. 7. 1790 Eng. dial. – fairly large; middling, tolerable in quantity; of considerable size
adj. 8. 1790 Eng. dial. – having nasty taste, rank, fetid
n. 1. 1362 obs. – action in general; overt action; deeds, as opposed to words
n. 2. c1386 obs. – the art, knack, or trick of doing of anything
n. 3. c1420 obs. – an action, deed, course of conduct
n. 4. 1481 obs. – an evil deed; a crime
n. 5. 1588 obs. – a business transaction
vb. a1400-50 obs. – to equip, to furnish, to make fit
• FEAT-BODIED
adj. 1750 obs. – having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce
• FEATED
adj. 1606 obs. – suited
• FEATHER
n. 1. c1000 obs. exc. Amer. dial. – a pen
n. 2. 1601 – a feathered animal; a bird
n. 3. 1601 – anything of little strength or importance; a very small amount, a trifle
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – a long trailing cloud high in the sky
vb. 1. 1415 – to decorate a person with the projecting feather of an arrow; hence, to pierce, to wound
vb. 2. 1809 Sc. – to fly
vb. 3. 1816 Amer. dial. – of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea
vb. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – to beat, to chastise
vb. 5. 1939 Amer. dial. – to pamper, to spoil, to treat well; to curry favour with
• FEATHER BED
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a bog, a quagmire
n. 2. 1950 Amer. dial. – a nickname for someone who is very fat
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – an unpaved road that gets very rough
• FEATHER-BED AND PILLOWS
n. B1900 sl. – a fat woman
• FEATHER-BED JIG
n. Bk1896 sl. – copulation
• FEATHERBED-LANE
n. a1700 sl. – any bad road
• FEATHER-BOG
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – a quagmire
• FEATHER-BRAIN
n. 1839 – a foolish, giddy person; a dull, stupid person; a silly, light-headed person
• FEATHER-BRAINED
adj. 1820 – foolish, giddy, light-headed
• FEATHER-BREENS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a foolish, light-headed person
• FEATHER CLOUD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a long trailing cloud high in the sky
• FEATHER-COCK
n. 1612 obs. – a coxcomb
• FEATHERDOM
n. 1885 – the realm of feathered creatures
• FEATHER-DRIVER
n. 1713 obs. – a quill-driver; a hack writer; a clerk
• FEATHER DUSTER
n. 1. 1907 Amer. dial. – an American Indian
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl. – an easy-hitting boxer
• FEATHERED
adj. 1937 Amer. dial. – of potatoes: having the outer skin partly rubbed off
• FEATHEREDGE
n. 1891 Amer. dial. – fiery spirit
• FEATHERED OUT
adj. 1968 Amer. cowboys’ usage – dressed up
• FEATHERED SNAKE
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a clever scoundrel
• FEATHERET
n. 1882 – a small feather
• FEATHER-FALLEN
adj. 1882 – crest-fallen, cast down in confidence, spirits, or courage; dispirited, disheartened, dejected; subdued in demeanour
• FEATHER-FELLED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – so weak in the body that one might be knocked down with a feather
• FEATHER-FOOTED
adj. 1565 – moving silently and swiftly
• FEATHER-FOWL
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – birds, feathered creatures
• FEATHER-GLORY
n. a1626 obs. nonce word – light and transitory glory
• FEATHER-GROOM
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a man who has charge of poultry
• FEATHERHAM
n. a800 obs. – a covering or appendage of feathers; plumage, wings
• FEATHERHEAD
n. 1. 1831 – a silly, light-headed person
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – one who takes foolish chances
• FEATHER-HEADED
adj. 1647 – light-headed, brainless
• FEATHER-HEELED
adj. a1600 – moving silently and swiftly
• FEATHER IN
vb. 1941 Amer. dial. – to do something vigorously
• FEATHERINESS
n. 1689 – lightness, fickleness, capriciousness
• FEATHERING ONE’S NEST
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – pregnant
• A FEATHER IN THE CAP
n. a1700 obs. – the badge of a fool
• FEATHER INTO
vb. 1. 1917 – to attack vigorously; to fight (Amer. dial.)
vb. 2. 1967 – to do something vigorously (Amer. dial.)
• FEATHER-LEGGED
adj. 1934 – cowardly, timid; frightened (Amer. dial.)
• FEATHER-LEGS
n. 19C – Brussels sprouts (Eng. dial.)
• FEATHERLET
n. 1834 – a small feather
• FEATHERMENTS
n. Bk1900 – trinkets, fanciful adornments (Eng. dial.)
• FEATHER MERCHANT
n. 1. 1784 – a shirker; a cheat; a lazy person; one who is given a position without having worked for it (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1958 – a logger who runs a small operation (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1968 – a silly or stupid person (Amer. dial.)
• FEATHER-MINDED
adj. 1. Bk1942 – foolish; silly; witless (US sl.)
adj. 2. Bk1942 – flighty, capricious (US sl.)
• FEATHER ONE’S NEST
vb. 1583 – to avail oneself of opportunities for laying up wealth, to enrich oneself; to make a good profit
• FEATHER ONE’S OWN END
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to gain advantage by tricky or deceitful means
• FEATHER-PAIL
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a feather pillow
• FEATHER-PATED
adj. 1820 – foolish, giddy, light-headed, silly
• FEATHER ROCK
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – pumice
• FEATHERS
n. 1. c850 obs. – wings
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. – money
n. 3. 1920s sl. orig. US – nonsense, rubbish
n. 4. 1942 Amer. sl. – one’s bed
n. 5. 1942 Amer. sl. – one’s clothes, esp. one’s best clothes
n. 6. 1965 Amer. dial. – soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture
n. 7. 1967 Amer. dial. – patterns formed by ice inside a window glass in winter
• FEATHERS AND FERNS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – patterns formed by ice inside a window glass in winter
• FEATHERS INN
n. 19C sl. – a bed
• FEATHER TAIL
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a long trailing cloud high in the sky
• FEATHER-TONGUED
adj. a1618 – of a person: light-tongued; talkative
• FEATHER-TOP
n. 1. 1891 – nickname of a parrot
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a silly, light-headed person
• FEATHER-TOPPED
adj. 1785 – of a wig: frizzed at the top
• FEATHER-TYE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a feather bed
• FEATHER UP
vb. 1935 Amer. dial. – to bristle, to prepare to fight
• FEATHER-WEIGHT
n. 1. 1838 – a very small thing
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a silly, light-headed person
• FEATHER-WEIGHTED
adj. 1870 – trifling, unimportant
• FEATHER WHITE
adj. 1. 1924 Amer. dial. – of the sea: turbulent, frothy, full of whitecaps
adj. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – of a person: extremely agitated, angry
• FEATHERY
adj. 1. 1580 – of snow: like a feather in appearance
adj. 2. 1881 – of the voice: husky
adj. 3. 1889 – of a dog: curly-haired
• FEATILY
adv. c1630 – agilely, nimbly
• FEATISH
adj. 1. 1530 obs. – elegant, neat
adj. 2. 1825 Eng. dial. – pretty good, tolerable, considerable; fairly well in health
• FEATISHNESS
n. 1530 obs. – neatness
• FEATIVE
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – proportionately beautiful
• FEATLESS
adj. 1599 Sc. obs. – inept, silly
• FEATLET
n. 1851 Eng. dial. – four pounds of butter
• FEATLINESS
n. 1843 arch. – gracefulness, elegance
• FEAT-LOOKING
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – good-looking, pretty
• FEATLY
adj. 1801 arch. – graceful; of a dress: neat, well-fitting
adv. 1. a1300 arch. – fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly
adv. 2. c1340 arch. – with graceful agility, nimbly
adv. 3. 1436 arch. – cleverly, deftly, skilfully
adv. 4. a1450 obs. – exactly, precisely
adv. 5. 1674 obs. – oddly, strangely
• FEATNESS
n. 1. 1576 – elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness
n. 2. 1577-87 – nicety (obs.)
n. 3. 1730 – oddness, strangeness, uncouthness (obs.)
• FEAT ONESELF FORTH
vb. a1400-50 – to display oneself (obs.)
• FEATOUR
n. 1791 – a transgressor, an evil-doer (Sc. obs..)
• FEATOUS
adj. 1. a1300 – of persons and their limbs: well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome (obs.)
adj. 2. c1386 – of things: skilfully or artistically fashioned; hence, elegant, handsome, becoming; often said of dress (obs.)
adj. 3. 1755 – dexterous (sl.)
• FEATOUSLY
adv. 1. a1300 – of attire or ornamentation: beautifully, handsomely, elegantly (obs.)
adv. 2. c1350 – of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly (obs.)
adv. 3. c1386 – of speech: elegantly, with correctness and propriety (obs.)
• FEATRIL
n. Bk1900 – a traitor; a deceitful person (Eng. dial.)
• FEATS OF WAR
n. 1511-2 – military duties or exercises (obs.)
• FEATSOME
adj. Bk1900 – seemly, becoming (Eng. dial.)
• FEATURAL
adj. 1883 – pert. to the features
• FEATURE
n. 1. c1325 – make, form, fashion, shape; proportions, esp. of the body; a particular example of this (obs. exc. arch.)
n. 2. c1460 – a term of contempt; a ‘creature’ (obs.)
n. 3. 1594 – good form or shape; comeliness (obs.)
vb. 1. 1755 – to resemble in features; to favour, esp. with reference to family likeness or resemblance
vb. 2. 1934 – to imagine, to comprehend, to believe (Amer. dial.)
vb. 3. 1941 – to resemble in appearance (Amer. dial.)
vb. 4. 1970 – to strut, to show off (Amer. dial.)
• FEATURE CREATURE
n. 1991 – a computer programmer who enjoys adding features to programs (US sl.)
• FEATURED
adj. 1567 – well-formed; comely, beautiful (obs.)
• FEATURED DANCER
n. 2000 – a sex club performer whose appearance at the club is advertised and who travels from club to club (US sl.)
• FEATURELESS
adj. c1600 rare – without good features; ugly
• FEATURELY
adj. c1819 – having strongly marked features; characteristic; typical
• FEATY
adj. 1. 1621 – neat, pretty (obs.)
adj. 2. 1844 – handy, clever, wide-awake (rare)
• FEAUSAN
n. 1790 – a smell or taste; a strong taste (Eng. dial. obs.)
• FEAZE
n. 1647 – a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1. 1568 – to unravel a rope, etc.; of a rope or thread: to unravel at the end (obs. exc. nautical usage)
vb. 2. 1827 – to sneeze (Eng. dial.)
vb. 3. 1851 – to vex, to trouble, to faze (Amer. dial.)
vb. 4. 1886 – to worry, to fret (Amer. dial.)
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