F.A.S.E., Fellow of the Antiquarian Society, Edinburgh.
F.B.S.E., Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.
F.C., Free Church.
fcp., foolscap.
F.D. (L. fidei defensor), Defender of the Faith.
F.E.I.S., Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland.
F.E.S., Fellow of the Entomological Society; Fellow of the Ethnological Society.
F.G.S., Fellow of the Geological Society.
F.H.S., Fellow of the Horticultural Society.
Fl., Flemish; Florida; florin.