A faw is a gypsy, esp. one of a particular tribe of Scottish gypsies. (OED)

Phrontistery is list of fewer than 14,000 words, the WB database is 263,533 words. But since Phr. has the definitions, it quite a lot less frustrating :-) God, the labor he has put into that thing! Phew! I wish his site was searchable, so I could plug into it from the Word Browser!