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| fading | n | arrangement, order, disposition; [OE fadung]
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| faining | adj | fond, contented; [OE fægen]
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| fairway | n | 1. golf: the area of short grass between the tee (= place where you first hit the ball) and the green (= place where the ball should enter a hole) 2. nautical: a navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places; [OED]
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| fand | vb | try, test, experience; [OE fandian]
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| fandle | vb | visit; beseek* (*as in Dan./Norw. 'besøk', NGH 'besuchen') [from Old Frisian]
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| Faraday's Candle | n | electricity; ghost-fire; edison-ware, glaremight. [Michael Faraday, electricity pioneer.]
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| farlooker | n | an instrument used to see things far away; telescope []
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| fasthavle | adj | retentive, tenacious; []
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| father dust | n | pollen; [<poetic O.E. 'father (source or originator)& dust (pollen): a fine powdery dust']
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| fat-thistle pear | n | opuntia ficus; [O.E (protologism)]
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| fay | vb | to fit, to join, to unite, to lie close; []
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| fayness | n | variety, diversity; [<OE fægnys]
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| feardom | n | the state of living in fear or being subject to laws and policies based on fear.; [<OE: fear & dom.]
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| feir | n | companion; [OE]
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| fellow | adj | Relating to rank and status in society.; social [fellow]
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| fellowdom | n | Policy or practice based on the political and economic theory of socialism.; socialism [fellow+dom]
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| fellower | n | Believing in the ideas of socialism; socialist [fellow+er]
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| ferd | n | An army, company, or journey; military expedition, host, band, group [Dialectical/Obsolete, OE fyrd, ME ferde]
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| ferding | n | 50 acres of land; [Obsolete]
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| ferly | adj | wildly unexpected, amazingly odd, wonderfully strange; [<OE 'færlic' and ME 'ferly']
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| ferren | adv | from remote place/time; [OE feorran]
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| ferrow | n | life, soul, spirit; life, soul [OE feorh]
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| ferrowfain | n | happy to be alive, fain to live; [OE feorhfægen]
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| ferth | n | mind, spirit; [OE ferhþ]
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| fethern | adj | paternal (in relation); having the same father; [OE fæderen]
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| fethernbrother | n | paternal half-brother; brother by the same father; paternal half-brother [OE fæderenbrōþor]
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| fethernsister | n | paternal half-sister; sister by the same father; paternal half-sister [OE fæderensweostor]
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| filfoot | n | swastika; swastika, gammadion cross, Hakenkreuz, cross cramponnée, croix gammée, tetraskelion [OE fylfot]
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| Filibrook | n | February; Mudmonth, Soalmonth [OE calendar (brook filling)]
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| findle | n | invention; [OE fyndele]
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| find oneself off with | vb | to accept, to come to terms with (He coulde never find himself off with the tragedy); accept [calque from German sich abfinden mit]
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| findstand | n | position in space; where something can be found; location [compound: 'find' + 'stand']
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| fire-brand words | noun | neologisms; [Old.English]
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| flatstaves | n | flat bricks piled together; tiles ['flat' + 'staves']
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| fleam | n | river, stream, watercourse, bourne, beck; stream, runnel, yea [OE: fleama]
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| fleck | n | a small bit of a thing; grain, particle [unknown]
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| fleet | n | river, watercourse, often fast flowing, flood. 2. a ship, ships collectively; stream, runnel, yea, bourne. [OE: fleot: to float.]
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| flightcare | n | an aeromedical service with doctors and nurses travelling in helicopters, aeroplanes and road vehicles to reach and treat patients wherever they may be.; [OE: flight & care]
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| flightmare | n | a frightening journey by air. 2. a computer game.; [flight & mare (of nightmare)]
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| fogbow | n | a white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets; []
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| fold | n | earth, terra firma; [OE folde]
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| folkdom | n | a land that is wielded by its folk ("republic" in English); as gainstanding to a kingdom, which is wielded by a king/queen, or has a king/queen as its head; republic, gemaenewealth [neologism, somewhat based on ð
OE léodscearu, from folk "people" + -DOM (suffix denoting realm or state of being)]
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| folkshire | n | self-government of people, regardless of class, in their local communities; democracy, shiremight [folk ‘people’ + shire ‘local community, government’, calque of Gk. δῆμος ‘people of a rural district’ + κράτος ‘might’]
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| folksmight | n | a system of government in which the people make the decisions; democracy [calque on democracy < Gk demokratia, literally demos 'people, folk' + kratos 'might, strength']
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| folm | n | hand; [OE folm]
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| forbind | vb | to bind up; connect [OE forbindan]
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| forblad | adj | covered in blood, murderous rage; [c.f. 'forswat;' 'for'+'blead']
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| forblow | vb | blow or toss about; puff up, inflate; inflate [ME [forblowen][1], OE forblāwan]
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| forbow | vb | decline; [OE forbugan]
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| forbus | n | example; model, template, archetypte [from OE forebysen]
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| fordher, forther | adj | ; [OÞ firi- + -þeraz; cognate with YG πρότερος]
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| forhewth | adj | precise; [for- + hew (wordlore 1) + -th; kinword with Latish praecisus]
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| forlook | vb | to look ahead to towards the future.; foreshadow, predict, anticipate [MW (Archaic), fore+look]
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| forsooth | adv | in truth (can be used to express disbelief in an ironic sense); indeed, in fact, in sooth [OED (Archaic), OE foſrōþ, ME forſoþe/forſothe(Spelling varies)]
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| forshild | vb | To condemn; to make guilty. Past tense: forshilded; Present tense: forshilding; Synonym with "to convict", "to condemn", "to damn", etc [From the Old English "forscyldigian", which holds the same meanings as above.]
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| forthink [2] | vb | to regret (to change the mind of oneself); renounce, repent [MW & CED (Archaic), OE þyncan & forþencan (mistrust, despise), ME forthynken/forthinken]
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| fordwilm | vb | confound; [OE]
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| fordwine | vb | vanish, disappear; dwindle [OE fordwinan]
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| foreathily | adv | very easily, facilely; easily, smoothly, deftly [OE: fore, an augmentative or strengthing of the meaning & eaðe: eathly, easily.]
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| forebeholding | n | reservation, booking; [NHG Vorbehaltung]
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| forefighter | n | a soldier, warrior, champion.; fighter, fighting-man, harman, knight. (one who is at the front fighting) [OE. fore: at the front & feohtan: fighting.]
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| forekind | n | ancestors, predecessors, progenitors; forefathers, forebears, fore-elders, erekin. [OE: fore: ancient, before & cynn: kind.]
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| foremeal | noun | a small dish of food or a drink taken before a meal or the main course of a meal to stimulate one's appetite.; appetizer, starter [fore-meal]
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| foreshadow | vb | to presage, or suggest something in advance; [OED]
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| foreshorten | vb | to abreviate; [neolism: fore + shorten]
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| forestall | vb | to prolong, draw out; [neolism: fore + stall]
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| foretide | n | antiquity, past ages, olden times, prehistoric times); [calque from Ge Vorzeit, Nl voortijd]
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| fore-wit | n | foresight.; prudence [OE. forewitan]
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| forgo | v | to go without, leave behind, omit or give up something at the start of or during a travel; refrain from, abstain from using or taking; to go by or pass over without using [O.E. "forgan" from "for"(for) + "gan"(go). This word uses the same time tenses as "go".]
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| forgrittew | adj | progressive; [for- + grit + -ew (<PIE -iHwós); kinword with Latish progressivus]
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| forhele | vb | to hide; conceal; [ME forhelen, OE forhelan]
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| forlet | vb | to abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; [ME forleten, OE forlǣtan (see Fr. ferlitte, Du. verlaten, NHG verlassen)]
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| form | adj | first; erst, first, prime [OE forma; cognate with Latin primus]
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| formeal | vb | negotiate; [OE formælan]
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| formonther | vb | demonstrate; [for- + OE mon + -þor]
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| fornheaf | n | ; [OE forma + heaf; cognate with Latish princeps]
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| fornheafsel | n, adj | principal; [OE forma + heaf + E -sel]
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| fornheafselt | n | principality; [OE forma + heaf + -sel + -t]
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| forrede | n | treason; [OE forrǽdan, Du. verraden, NHG verraten]
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| forsay | vb | to say something on one's behalf; defend; [neolism: for + say]
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| forstand | vb | to represent; literally to stand for; [neolism: for + stand]
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| forswat | adj | covered in sweat, become overheated; [ME: 'for' + 'sweat']
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| forthgang | n | progress; going forward: advancement or an advance; progress; going out; drain [OE forþgang]
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| forthginge | adj | progressive; moving forward: advancing, progressing; progressive; increasing [forþgenġe]
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| forthput | vb | to put forth, bring forth, show,; to present [forth + put]
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| forþring | vb | drive out, rescue from, defend against, elbow, displace; [OE forþringan]
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| the four sights | n | The four sights are four things described in the legendary account of Gautama Buddha's life which led to his realization of the impermanence and ultimate state of dissatisfaction of conditioned existence. According to this legend, before these encounters Siddhārtha Gautama had been confined to his palace by his father, who feared that he would become an ascetic if he came into contact with sufferings of life according to a prediction. However, on his first venture out of the palace with his charioteer Channa, he observed four sights: an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a beggar ascetic. These obs
ervations affected him deeply and made him realize the sufferings of all beings, and compelled him to begin his spiritual journey as a wandering ascetic, which eventually led to his enlightenment.; [OE. four & sight]
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| fourth | n | One piece of something that has been split into four equal pieces, 25% of a whole; A coin or currency that is 1/4 of the single and whole 1.; quarter, 25 cents [four-th]
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| Fowland | n | Pakistan; [from PG fau (loanword with PIr pawHākáh + "land")]
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| freave | n | vowel; [OE freave: blend of free breathe (Barnes suggestion for 'vowel')]
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| freech | n | danger; [OE fréĉen]
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| freesomdom | n | The holding of liberatian views.; libertarian [Free+somer+dom]
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| freerich | n | a form of government by all the citizens, a republic; republic, folkdom; [free+rich. Umwriting of Þeetch freistaat, oðer word for republik noted in Þeetchland after 1918]
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| freesome | n | the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.; liberty, freedom, indepedence [free+some]
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| freesomer | n | An adherent of libertarianism; libertarian [free+some+er]
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| freeward | adj | Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.; Liberal, open-minded [(Free+ward+er)]
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| freewardom | n | holding on the liberal values; liberalism, openmindness [(free+ward+dom)]
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| fremd | adj | belonging to a different country or culture; foreign [OE fremd]
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| frey | n | lord, king, husband; man [OE frēa]
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| frim | adj | 1. fresh 2. <OE freme 'vigorous, flourishing'; []
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| frimdy | adj | curious; [OE frymdig]
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| friþ/frith | n | peace, freedom from molestation, protection, safety; security, harmfast [obsolete and poetic OE friþ/friðu akin to OS frithu and ON friðr]
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| frithstool | n | a stone seat, placed near the altar of a church, which afforded protection to those seeking sanctuary; [OED]
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| frod | adj | wise, knowing; [OE]
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| frodship | n | city council; [from Dutch vroedschap]
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| frosh | n | frog, toad; [rare/dialectical from OE frosc]
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| froðer | vb | change, wend; [contraction of for - other (cf. Du. veranderen)]
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| frover | vb | console; [OE frefran]
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| frow | n | woman, lady; quean, queen [OE frēo, frōwe]
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| froward [3] | adj | difficult to deal with; contrary; [OE fromweard.]
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| the frozen middle | phr | the most conservative layer in the organization. It is the most resistant to new ways of doing business, and to innovative ideas and perspectives. "Middle-status conformity effect" leads individuals to choose the safety of the tried-and-true over inventiveness and ingenuity; [OE]
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| fungather | n | 1. a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.
2. a formally constituted political group, typically operating on a national basis, that contests elections and attempts to form or take part in a government.; party, meeting, group, faction [fun-ga-ther]
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