FOISTY—Stale. This flour’s gaan foisty.
FOOAK—This is put in acos fooak co’ yan anudder fooak yet; your fooak, oor fooak, fadder fooak, an’ seea on. Ther’re net gitten to be people er persons yet.
FOOMET—Aye fool eniuf if t’ stink bi owt ta gang bi. Thoo stinks warse ner a foomet.
FORCE—A waterfall. T’ fooarce is gayly full.
FOTR—To take the awns off barley or awny wheat.
FOTRIN-IRON—An implement designed to remove the awns off barley, &c. In shape something like a fork handle, with grate or bars attached.
FOWER ROOD ENDS—Cross roads. Famous places for hanky-panky tricks, seck as charmin’ warts away, tellin’ luck, buryin’ uncanny bodies, an’ findin’ ther ghosts. Ah darn’t fer t’ life o’ me put in o’ t’ tials at Ah’ve hard aboot t’ fower rooad ends. They wad flay o’ t’ lal ’uns an’ some t’ gurt ’uns oot o’ ther wits wheniver they’d ta gah by yan. T’ varra guide stoops ’ll mak yan’s skin fair whidder on a dark neet. An’ ther’s war things ner a guide stoop.
FORRAD—Fast; in front. A forrad lad er lass is yan ’at’s shot ther horns i’ good time.
FOND—Foolish; imbecile.
FORENWESS, ENWESS-AWAY—For ever, without end, a great lot. We’ve hed forenwess o’ bodder aboot that will. Ah mak nowt o’ fooak at’s allus grumlen, an’ blacken enwess-away frae dayleet ta dark.