fousthen

Yola

Alternative forms

• fousteen, fausteen

Etymology

From Middle English fasynge (“leek root”), equivalent to fash +‎ -een. The spelling was influenced by English fasten /ˈfɑːsən/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔːˈʃiːn/

Noun

fousthen

1. (figurative) confusion, trembling

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40