Furlong (pronounced Vurlin). The strip of newly-ploughed land lying between two main furrows.—N.W. (Lockeridge.)
Fur up. Water-pipes, kettles, &c., when coated inside with 'rock,' or the calcareous sediment of hard water, are said to 'fur up,' or to be 'furred up.'—N. & S.W.
*Furze-hawker. Saxicola oenanthe, the Wheatear.—N.W.
*Furze Robin. Saxicola rubicola, the Stonechat (Birds of Wilts, p. 150).—N.W. (Sutton Benger.)
Fuzz-ball. Lycoperdon Bovista, L., Puffball.—N. & S.W.
Gaa-oot! See Horses (A.).
Gaam. (1) v. To smear or bedaub with anything sticky. Gaamze (Village Miners). (2) n. A sticky mass of anything. See Gam.—N. & S.W. Many years ago, at a Yeomanry ball in a certain town in N. Wilts, the Mayor, who had done his duty manfully up to then, stopped short in the middle of a dance, and mopping his face vigorously, gasped out to his astonished partner, a lady of high position, 'Well, I don't know how you be, Marm, but I be ael of a gaam o' zweat!'—N.W.
Gaamy, Gammy. Daubed with grease, &c., sticky. In Hal. and Wr. 'Gaam, adj. sticky, clammy,' is apparently an error, gaamy being probably intended.—N.W.
Gaapsey. n. A sight to be stared at. See Gapps.—N.W.
Gaapus. n. A fool, a stupid fellow. 'What be at, ye girt gaapus!'—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)