Frank
FRANK, sb.1 Sc. Also e.An. [fraŋk, fræŋk.]
- The heron, Ardea cinerea. Also called Frank Linfoot. Slg. [So called] from its harsh cry, Swainson Birds (1885) 145. e.An.1 Nrf. Frank, however, as the fenmen call him, was not alone. ... Just before harvest you may hear the heron all night calling hoarsely ‘Frank, Frank,’ Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 199; Frank Linfoot was looking arter eels in the deeks, EMERSON Birds; I see old Frank this morning, Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 169. Suf. Swainson Birds e.Suf. (F.H.)
- The wild goose, Anser cinereus. Nrf. Heard from an old gamekeeper, but not known to others of younger age (R.H.H.).
FRANK, sb.2 and v. Shr. Also in form frang Shr.1 [fræŋk, fræŋ.] 1. sb. A broad iron fork, used by farm labourers for getting coal, loading potatoes, &c. Bound Provinc. (1876); Shr.1 Not common; Shr.2 2. v. To throw or scatter about, as of manure, hay, &c.
Shr.1 'E's frankin' it all about.
FRANK, sb.3 Stf.1 [fraŋk.] A person who comes
late in a ‘pot bank.’
FRANK, adj.1 Obs. Sc. Of a horse: willing, in phr. frank to the road. ‘I'll trouble you for your spurs, my friend.’ ‘You will scarce need them, sir,.. he's very frank to the road,’ Scott Antiquary
(1816) xl.
FRANK, adj.2 Shr. Strange, not akin. ‘Frank [fraangk·] folks are distinguished from kinsfolk,
Darlington Flk-Sp. (1887).
FRANK, adj. n.Yks. In phr. frank and gowdy
[ gaudy] like a frog in a dump, quite free, at liberty. (I.W.)
‡FRANK, v. Sc. ? Misprint for fank (q.v.), to entwine, entangle. Slk. The witters o' the twa leisters were frankit in ane anither,