'He freggled [fidgetted] hisself auver thuck paason as come a bit ago.'—Greene Ferne Farm, ch. vii.
Frickling, Friggling. adj. Tiresome, involving much minute attention or labour. Used of fiddling little jobs.—N.W.
Friggle. n. A worrying little piece of work. 'I be so caddled wi' aal these yer friggles, I caan't hardly vind time vor a bit o' vittles.' See Frickle.—N.W. (Huish.)
Frith. (1) n. 'Quick,' or young whitethorn for planting hedges.—N.W. *(2) n. Thorns or brush underwood (D).—N.W.
'1605. Itm to James Smalwood for an Acre & halfe of hedginge frith out of Heywood.... Item for felling the same frith.'—Records of Chippenham, p. 194.
(3) v. To make a brushwood drain, as opposed to Grip, q.v. (D).
Froar. Frozen (A.B.S.); generally Vroar or Vrŏr in N. Wilts, but the usual form at Wroughton, N.W., is Froren. A.S. gefroren.—N. & S.W.
Frog-dubbing. Boys throw a frog into a shallow pool, and then 'dub' or pelt it, as it tries to escape. See Dub.—S.W.
Froom. See Frum.