Fog. v. To give fodder to cattle. Cf. Welsh ffwg, dry grass.—N. & S.W.
'Fogging, the giving of fodder ... from a Middle English root ... is common in Mid-Wilts.'—Leisure Hour, Aug. 1893.
Fog off. To damp off, as cuttings often do in a greenhouse.—N.W. (Marlborough.)
Fogger. A man who attends to the cows and takes them their fodder morning and evening (My Old Village, &c.). A groom or man-servant (H.Wr.), the duties of groom and fogger being usually discharged by the same man on farms about Marlborough.—N. & S.W.
*Foldsail, Fossel. A fold-shore (D.). See Sails.—N.W.
'A fold stake, locally called a "fossle."'—Wilts Arch. Mag. xxi. 132.
'The "fossels" means the fold-shores, or the stakes to which the hurdles are shored up, and fastened with a loose twig wreath at the top.'—Ibid. xvii. 304.
Fold-shore. A stake pitched to support a hurdle (D.H.).—S.W.
Follow or Follow on. To continue.—N.W.
'If you do want a good crop, you must follow on a hoeing o' the ground; but you can't do no hoeing so long as it do follow raining.'—Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 111.
Folly. A circular plantation of trees on a hill, as 'Harnham Folly,' or 'The Long Folly' on Compton Down. This seems quite distinct from its more general use as applied to a tower or other building which is too pretentious or costly for its builder's position and means.—N. & S.W.