Fork. The apparatus used by thatchers for carrying the elms up to the roof.—N.W.
Forester. (1) A New Forest horse-fly.—S.W. (2) Any very tall thistle growing among underwood.—N.W. (Marlborough.)
*Fossel. See Foldsail.
Fot. See Preterites.
Frame A skeleton. 'Her's nothing in the world but a frame.'—N.W.
*Frea, Fry. To make a brushwood drain (D.).
Freglam. Odds and ends of cold vegetables, fried up with a little bacon to give a relish. Compare Lanc. Braughwham, cheese, eggs, clap-bread, and butter, all boiled together.—N.W., obsolete.
*French Grass. Onobrychis sativa, L., Sainfoin.—N.W. (Enford.)
Fresh liquor. Unsalted hog's-fat (A).—N.W.
Frickle, Friggle. (1) To potter about at little jobs, such as an old man can do. 'I bain't up to a day's work now; I can't do nothing but frickle about in my garne.'—N. & S.W. (2) To fidget, to worry about a thing.—N.W.