46 THE DIALECT OF Finedrawer, sK one who follows a trade which, though perhaps not peculiar to the neighhourhood, is of much importance here, where flaws in the newly-manufactured doth hare to oe repaired. Finkel (pronounced >f?zAriZ), fennel. [This word, spelt fitikily occurs in a copy of Piers Plowman (A. text. Pass. 6, L 166), in the library of Uniyersity College, Oxford.— W. W. 8.] Firepoint, sh. the poker. In some parts flrepoiff which seems the more likely word. See Poit. Joseph o* Nuppits, the well-known beggar of Almondbury, once went to Padiham, was thus lost for a time, and fiu^d but badly there. On returning be endeavoured to account for his condition, saying, ' AuVe stopped at Padiham sooa long that ma legs have swelled as thick ob firepoints.^ Five, pronounced /auve. Flacker, vb, to flutter : may be said of a bird shaking its wings. Flageing, pt canting ; flattering : but I have met with no corre- sponding yerb. Flamshaw, a word which has been given to me, but with no meaning assigned. Flang, also Flung, vh. past tense of to fling. Flasket, sb, an oval-shaped washing-tub, or one of rectangular form. In some counties a clothes-basket of oval shape. Flay, vb, to frighten. ^ To flay the cold off' is an expression used for airing water, in which case it probably means ' to drive away.' So in Kinmont Willie, yer. 36 : ' O I sleep saft, and I wake aft; It*8 lang rince sleeping was flayed frae me : Gie my service back to my wife and bairns, And a' gude fellows that spier for me.' FlayoraWi or FlayoroWy sb, a scarecrow. Flayed, pt frightened, or afraid. Flaysome, adj. £rightfuL Flea, sb, (pronounced fled, or fledJi ; and on the other hand fly is pronounced j^ee, from which circumstance amusing mistakes sometimes occur). A little boy had his face bitten, and on its being remarked, said it was done by the flees, * There are T^ofleas hei«, child ; do you know one when you see it P ' • Yes.' * Where didyou see any P * ' In the wood.' * Well, what were they like P ' * They were little things with wings.' * Then you mean flies, or rather gnats, my man.' Fleam, sb, a lancet for bleeding cattle. Flee. See Fly.
