Freke, [184/255], man, fellow; A.S. freca, one who is bold.
Fretoure powche, [49/700];
fruture sage, [50/708].
Friars, give way to them on pilgrimages, [186/303].
Fricacion, or rubbing of the body, is good, [p. 130 n].
Fried things are fumose or indigestible, [21/358]; [30/500]; [32/512]; 54/6.
They generally came in the last course (see Modus Cenandi). Du Guez, after speaking of the English dishes in order, pottage, beef, mutton, capons, river birds, game, and lastly, small birds, says, “howbeit that in Spaine and in Fraunce the use [succession at dinner] of suche metes is more to be commended than ours ... for they begynne always with the best, and ende with the most grosse, which they leave for the servantes, where-as we do al the contrary,” p. 1072.
Friend, don’t mistrust or fail him, [219/3].
Friendly, don’t be too, [p. 258], [p. 260], line F.
Friezeadow coats for winter, [p. 133].