• FEFF
n. 1. 1828 Sc. – a bad smell, a stench
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a thief
vb. 1. 1898 Eng. dial. – to flatter; to fawn, to play the hypocrite
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to steal
• FEFNICUTE
n. 1864 Eng. dial. – a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on
vb. 19C Eng. dial. – to fawn, to play the hypocrite; to speak fair to a person, but revile him to others
• FEFT
vb. 1684 Eng. dial. obs. – to persuade or endeavour to persuade
• FEG
adj. 1721 Eng. dial. obs. – fair, handsome; fine
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to scratch
• FEGARIES
n. 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. – finery, superfluous adornments, fanciful attire
• FEGARY
n. 1. E17 Eng. dial. & colloq., rare – a vagary, a prank; a whim, an eccentricity
n. 2. E18 Eng. dial. & colloq., rare – a gewgaw; a trifle; finery in dress
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a wild, excitable temper or humour; a tantrum
• FEGRIM
n. 1766 Sc. obs. – a whim. a vagary; finery
• FEGS!
int. L16 Sc. & Eng. dial. – expression of solemn conviction or astonishment
• FEGUE
vb. 1668 obs. – to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to
• FEIFFLE
vb. 1845 Sc. – to work in a clumsy or foolish manner
• FEIGH
int. 1715 Sc. – an exclamation of disgust or abomination
vb. c1205 obs. – to cleanse, clean out
• FEIGN
adj. 1766 Eng. dial. – glad, happy, well-pleased
• FEIROCH
n. 1766 Eng. dial. – strength, substance; force, ability, energy
• FEIST
n. 1. 1790 Sc. – a breaking wind without noise
n. 2. 1850 Amer. dial. – a small dog of mixed breed
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a smell of fustiness or closeness
n. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – exertion with little effect
n. 5. Bk1900 Sc. – a weak person
n. 6. 1949 Amer. dial. – a child that is disrespectful to its elders
n. 7. 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory – a person or animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered
vb. 1. Bk1900 Sc. – to make exertion with difficulty and little effect
vb. 2. 1931 Amer. dial. – to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively
• FEISTER
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – a good-for-nothing
• FEISTINESS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – fustiness
• FEISTY
adj. 1. 1890 Amer. dial. – irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome
adj. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – fusty, close; mouldy, injured by damp
adj. 3. 1906 Amer. dial. – acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals
adj. 4. 1916 Amer. dial. – worthless
adj. 5. c1960 Amer. dial. – nosy, inquisitive
adj. 6. 1969 Amer. dial. – eager to get married
n. 1. 1939 Amer. dial. – a small dog of mixed breed, a cur
n. 2. 1954 Amer. dial. – one who moves about hurriedly
• FEISTY BRITCHES
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – a touchy or quarrelsome person
• FELCH
n. 1827 Eng. dial. – a tame animal
• FELICIFY
vb. 1683 obs. rare – to make happy
• FELICIOUS
adj. 1. c1485 obs. – happy, joyous
adj. 2. 1599 obs. – fortunate, prosperous
• FELICITIES
n. 1909 Amer. dial. – entrails
• FELLA; FELLAH
n. 1864 sl. – a male person, a fellow
• FELL-AWAY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all
• FELLER
n. 1. 1825 sl. – a male person, a fellow
n. 2. 1833 Amer. dial. – a woman’s sweetheart, a beau
n. 3. 1939 Amer. dial. – a child
• FELLING OF OAKS
n. 17C colloq. – seasickness
• FELL-LURKING
adj. 18C – lurking to do mischief
• FELLOW
n. 1. 1833 Amer. dial. – a woman’s sweetheart, a beau
n. 2. 1842 Amer. dial. – a Black man
n. 3. 1939 Amer. dial. – a child
n. 4. 1941 Amer. dial., African-American usage – a White man
• A FELLOW AND A WENCH
n. 1952 Amer. dial. – a pair of mismatched socks or stocking; that is, a companion and a noncompanion
• FELLOWLY
adj. 1928 Amer. dial. – sociable, companionable
• FELLOWSHIP
vb. 1861 Amer. dial. – to associate with, to be on familiar terms with
• FELLOW TRAVELER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a person working secretly for a foreign government; a treacherous person
• FELON
n. 1840 Amer. dial. – a severe inflammation or swelling, usually in a finger or toe and often involving a bone
• FELONY
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a hard, painful swelling, often on a finger, that seems to come from deep under the skin
• FEM
n. 1. c1690 sl. – the hand
n. 2. 1871 US sl. – a young woman
n. 3. 1969 Amer. dial. – a homosexual man
n. 4. 1969 Amer. dial. – an effeminate man
• FEMALE UNIT
n. 1980s – a young woman (US students’ sl.)
• FEMALIST
n. 1613 – one devoted to the female sex; a courter of women; a womanizer (rare)
• FEMARINES
n. 1940s – the women’s reserve of the Marine Corps (Amer. sl.)
• FEME
n. L17 – a hand (sl.)
• FEMICIDE
n. 1. 1801 – the killing of a woman
n. 2. 1828 – one who kills a woman
• FEMINARY
adj. 1630 obs. – womanish
• FEMINATE
adj. a1533 obs. rare – resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine
• FEMINILE
adj. 1650 obs. – peculiar to a woman; feminine
• FEMME
n. 1. 1871 US sl. – a young woman
n. 2. 1957 sl. – a lesbian who adopts a passive, feminine role
• FEMME FOLLOWER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a philanderer
• FEMME LOOKER
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
• FEMMY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – of a man: too particular or fussy; womanish
• FENCE
n. 1. a1700 sl. – a dealer in stolen goods
n. 2. 1914 Amer. dial. – a field, a pasture; a fenced-in area
vb. 1610 sl. – to handle or sell stolen goods
• FENCE BREAKER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a severe rainstorm
• FENCE-CORNER BREED
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a horse that was not intentionally bred; a dog of mixed breed
• FENCE-CORNER KID
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
• FENCE CRAWLER
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – a cow or other animal that cannot be held in a fence
• FENCE-LIFTER
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain
• FENCE LIZARD
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an immoral woman
• FENCE MOUSE
n. 1857 Amer. dial. – a chipmunk
• FENCE POST
n. 1. 1943 Amer. dial. – a household match
n. 2. 1950 Amer. dial. – a toothpick
• FENCE-POST HOLE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke
• FENCE RAIL
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – a very thin, lanky person
• FENEAGUE
vb. 1854 Eng. dial. – to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work
• FENERATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to put money to usury; to lend money at interest
• FEN-NIGHTINGALE
n. a1825 Eng. dial. – a frog
• FENSIES!
int. 1977 Amer. dial. – used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game
• FENUGIE
n. 1991 US sl. – during the Vietnam War: a soldier freshly arrived in Vietnam
• FENZIE
vb. 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to feign, to pretend
• FENZIED
adj. 1827 Sc. – feigned, pretended
• FERD
n. 1660 Sc. obs. – a violent onset, a stir, a bustle
• FERDARVA
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. – spoiled
• FERDINAND
n. 1950 Amer. euphemism – a bull
• FERDUTZT
adj. 1. 1967 Amer. dial. – bewildered, nonplussed, confused, mixed up
adj. 2. 1985 Amer. dial. – spoiled, botched, bungled
• FERDY
adj. 1. c1340 obs. rare – fearful, timid, afraid, terrified
adj. 2. 1742 Sc. – strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty
n. 19C Sc. – a person who wears well in constitution
• FERHEX
vb. 1935 Amer. dial. – to bewitch, to put a curse on
• FERHEXED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – having bad luck
• FERHEXT
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. – bewitched; full of the ‘devil’
• FERHOODLE
vb. 1. 1935 Amer. dial. – to confuse, to perplex
vb. 2. 1969 Amer. dial. – to jumble; to botch
• FERHOONSE
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to botch; to mix up, to disarrange
• FERINE
adj. 1. 1640 – of humans, their actions and attributes: barbarous, savage, fierce
adj. 2. 1666 rare – of a disease: malignant
adj. 3. 1677 – of the nature of a wild animal, wild, untamed
n. 1. 1538 Sc. obs. rare – meal
n. 2. 19C – a wild beast
• FERITY
n. c1534 – the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition
• FERK
vb. 17C sl. – to copulate
• FERKISH
n. 1824 Sc. – a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles
• FERKISHIN
n. 1856 Sc. – a large amount; a crowd, a seething mob
• FERLE
n. 1721 Sc. – the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake
• FERLICUE
n. 1975 Amer. dial. – a shenanigan, a prank
• FERMOOSE
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to leave in a hurry, to vamoose
• FERNANDEZ TALKING
phr. 20C W. Indies sl. – used of one who is drunk and talking nonsensically or aggressively
• FERNET
n. a1300 obs. – a band, company, train of attendants
• FERNHOPPER
n. 1955 Amer. foresters’ usage – a forester
• FERNIG
vb. 1854 Eng. dial. – to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work
• FERNINSTER
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – one who habitually dissents
• FERNITICKLES
n. 1483 obs. exc. Sc. – freckles
• FERNLING
adv. 1936 Amer. dial. – extremely
• FERNOMETER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – thermometer
• FEROCIENT
adj. 1654 obs. – ferocious, fierce, savage
• FERRECK
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to die
• FERRET
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a keen and sly individual
vb. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
• FERRICADOUZER
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a sound beating
• FERRICKED
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. – quite crazy, deranged
• FERRIDIDDLE
n. 1893 Amer. dial. – a red squirrel; a chipmunk
• FERRO
n. 1913 Amer. dial. – a cicada
• FERRY
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – a litter of pigs, a ‘farrow’
• FERRY WHEEL
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a Ferris wheel
• FERSCHIMMELT
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – confused, mixed up
• FERSCHNAPP ONESELF
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to let the cat out of the bag, to reveal a secret
• FERSTEH
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to understand
• FERTILIZER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• FESART
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person
• FESHOUS
adj. 1725 Eng. dial. – troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful
• FESS
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a male teacher, a professor
vb. 1. 1834 Amer. dial. – among students: to fail in recitation; to admit that one it not prepared to recite
vb. 2. 1953 Amer. dial. – to acknowledge, to profess
• FESSED UP
adj. 1955 Amer. dial. – angry, excited
• FESSES
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• FESSITUDE
n. 1656 obs. rare – weariness, tiredness, fatigue
• FESSOR
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – a male teacher, a professor
• FEST
n. 1. 1910 Amer. dial. – an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• FESTIVOUS
adj. 1654 – festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful
• FETCH
n. 1. 1930 Amer. dial. – a spirit that foretells early death, a ‘token’
n. 2. 1944 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate or abandoned child
• FETCH
vb. 1865 sl. – to strike a blow against someone
• FETCH A CIRCUMBENDIBUS
vb. 1831 – to make a detour
• FETCH A LACE OF ANYTHING
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to go for and bring back any article
• FETCH A SHINGLE OFF THE HOUSE
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. – to take unfair advantage
• FETCH AT THE THROPPLE
vb. Bk1905 Sc. obs. – to gasp
• FETCHED
adj. 1854 Amer. dial. – confounded, damned; used for emphasis
• FETCHER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something beautiful or attractive
• FETCHING-UP
n. 1854 Amer. dial. – upbringing, rearing, esp. ‘proper’ upbringing
• FETCH-TAKED
adj. 1953 Amer. dial. – blasted, damned
• FETCH THE FARM
vb. 1. L19 sl. – to have oneself admitted to the prison infirmary
vb. 2. Bk1901 sl. – to be ordered prison infirmary diet and treatment
• FETCH-UP
n. 1. 1866 Amer. dial. – a sudden stop; the halt which results from such a stop
n. 2. 1975 Amer. dial. – upbringing, rearing, esp. ‘proper’ upbringing
vb. 1838 Amer. dial. – (as ‘fetch up’) to come or be brought to a sudden stop; to end up in some place or situation
• FETCHY
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. – charming, attractive
• FETTIGLICH
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a doughnut
• FETTLE
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – a fetter
• FETUS
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a real loser
• FEUSTERING
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – wasting time
• FEVER
n. 1885 sl. – enthusiastic or excited interest
• THE FEVER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the nervous excitement felt by an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game
• FEVER AND LURK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the ‘disease’ of laziness; an imaginary disease
• FEVER DELUXE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease
• FEW
adv. 1942 Amer. dial. – very well, excellently
n. 1851 Amer. dial. – an expert; someone to be reckoned with
• A FEW PICKLES SHORT OF BARREL
adj. 1941 sl. – stupid; crazy, eccentric
• A FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC
adj. 20C sl. – stupid; crazy, eccentric
• FEWTRILS
n. c1750 Eng. dial. – little unimportant things, trifles
• FEW WAYS
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a short distance
• FEXATIALLY
adv. 1931 Amer. dial. – completely, thoroughly
• FEXATIOUSLY
adv. 1931 Amer. dial. – completely, thoroughly
• FEY
n. 1. a1400 obs. – the liver
n. 2. L19 US sl., usually derogatory – a White person
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to scratch, as a dog does
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