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FANCY MAN Pimp
FARANDMAN Stranger or traveller, travelling merchant This one's new to me.
FARRIER Non-Commissioned officer responsible for shoeing of horses in a cavalry regiment I never knew of the military connection.
FEAR-NOTHING MAKER Weaver of special thick woollen cloth known as fear-nought, used for protective clothing, and for the lining of portholes or doors of powder magazines on ships A pure grin, for the word AND the def.!
FERRETER Dealer or manufacturer of ferret [silk tape] Silk tape is ferret?? For that matter, what is silk tape?
FITZ Son of...
FLEET MARRIAGES Quiet, clandestine marriages which were taken by clergymen who were in the Fleet Prison, London, for a fee. Secret weddings to escape the attention of relatives, held from about 1613 until 1753 when they were banned by an act of Parliament Fascinating!
FRIZOGGLED Freezing cold, Midlands
GREAVE/GRIEVE Bailiff, foreman, sheriff
HEADSMAN Executioner
HEADSWOMAN Midwife What a difference a gender makes!
HOCKTIDE Part of Easter festivities from medieval England. The second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday were set aside, on Monday, the women capturing men and releasing them on payment of a fine, and on Tuesday, the men capturing women. Fines were donated to the church. Possibly recalled victory over the Danes. Hence to `hock off' or pawn something.
INFEFTMENT A man was infeft when put into possession of heritable property tsuwm, did you know this one?
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