fouetter, v.a. and n., to cut (of the wind); to beat or patter against (of hail, rain, snow); to sweep (of cannon).
fouetteur, n.m., flogger, whipper.
fougade or fougasse, n.f., (milit.) fougade.
fouger, v.n., (hunt.) to grub (of wild boars).
fougeraie (fou-jrê), n.f., fern-plot or brake.
fougère, n.f., (bot.) fern; brake; (fig.) drinking glass. — aquatique, fleurie, royale; flowering fern, king’s fern. — impériale, femelle; brake. — musquée; sweet fern.
fougon, n.m., (nav.) cook’s galley, caboose.
fougue (foug), n.f., fury, passion, transport, beat, ardor, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle; (nav.) mizzen-top. Dans la — de la colère; in the heat of passion. La — de la jeunesse; the impetuosity of youth. Un cheval qui a trop de —; a horse that has too much mettle.
fougueu-x, -se (-gheû, -z), adj., fiery, hot, hasty, impetuous, ardent, spirited, animated, passionate, mettlesome, high-mettled. Cheval —; spirited horse.
*fouille, n.f., excavating; excavation; digging. Faire des —s; to excavate, to make excavations.