fouille-au-pot, n.m., (—) (l.ex.) scullion, turnspit.
*fouiller, v.a., to excavate, to dig; to search, to pry into, to rummage; to ransack, to probe to the bottom; to think out; (paint., sculpt.) to sink. — une mine; to work a mine. — quelqu’un; to search any one.
*se fouiller, v.r., to search one’s pockets, to feel in one’s pockets; to search one another.
*fouiller, v.n., to dig, to search, to rummage, to ransack. — dans sa mémoire; to ransack one’s brain.
*fouillis, n.m., confusion, medley; jumble, litter, mess; confused mass (of foliage).
fouine, n.f., (mam.) martin, beech-martin; martlet; (agri.) pitchfork, fork; (fishing) gig, fishgig, fizgig, gaff.
fouiner, v.n., to sneak away, to steal away, to slink off, to steal off.
fouir, v.a., to dig, to delve.
fouissement (foo-is-mān), n.m., digging.
foulage, n.m., (manu.) fulling.