[Fictionary] new new new new new fictionary word: FUDGEL

[Pierre Abbat]

On Monday, August 5, 2024 10:18:23 AM EDT Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:
> Pierre recognized "foyce" as a scythe. That's not the meaning I had in
> mind, but "fice" could plausibly be a variant. I want to share the
> definition I found, in the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:
> 
> FICE, or FOYSE. A small windy escape backwards, more obvious to the nose
> than ears; frequently by old ladies charged on their lap-dogs.

Wiktionary has nothing at "foyce" or "foyse", but does have that meaning, 
including that quote, at "feist", of which "fice" is a variant.

I'd have let the word stand. "Foice" (Portuguese for "scythe") has nothing 
semantically or etymologically to do with "foyce/foyse/fice".

> ANYWAY: do you recognize the word "fudgel"?

I do not.

Pierre
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