Falarie. Disturbance, excitement, commotion.—N. & S.W.
'"Look'ee here, there 've bin a fine falarie about you, Zur." He meant that there had been much excitement when it was found that Bevis was not in the garden, and was nowhere to be found.'—Wood Magic, ch. ii.
'Used about Wilton, but not so extensively as its synonym rumpus.'—Letter from Mr. Slow.
Fall about. v. Of a woman: to be confined. 'His wife bin an' fell about laas' night.'—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Fall down. Of arable land: to be allowed to relapse of itself into poor rough pasture.—N.W.
'Some of the land is getting "turnip-sick," the roots come stringy and small and useless, so that many let it "vall down."'—Great Estate, ch. i. p. 6.
Falling. n. A downfall of snow. 'I thenks we shall have some vallen soon.' Only used of snow.—N. & S.W.
Falling-post. The front upright timber of a gate. Occasionally heard at Huish; Head, however, being the more usual term there.—N.W.
Falsify. Of seeds, young trees, &c.: to fail, to come to nought.—N.W.