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_Ferguson._

~First-fit~, _s._ The name given, in the calendar of superst.i.tion, to the person who _first_ enters a house, on any day which is particularly regarded as influencing the fate of a family, S.

_J. Nicol._

~Fitsted~, _s._ Print of the foot, S. B.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

~Fitty~, ~Futty~, _adj._ Expeditious, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Fittie-lan'~, _s._ The nearer horse of the hindmost pair in a plough, S. q. _foot the land_.

_Burns._

~Fitting~, _s._ Footing, S.

_Z. Boyd._

~Fittininment~, _s._ Interest, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ ~Fitter~, _v. a._

1. To injure by frequent treading, S.

2. _v. n._ To make a noise with the feet, S.

Belg. _voeteer-en_, to foot it.

~Fitterin~, _s._ The noise made by frequent and rapid motion of the feet, S.

_To_ FITCH, _v. n._ To move by slow succussations, S.

FITHOWE, FITHAWE, _s._ A polecat.

_Acts Ja. I._

FYVESUM, _adj._ Five together, S. A.

FIXFAX, _s._ The tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep, S.