| AFFYING | • affying v. Present participle of affy. • AFFY v. (obsolete) to trust; to assure on one's faith. |
| ANGLIFY | • Anglify v. (Transitive) To convert to English norms; to anglicise. • ANGLIFY v. to make English. |
| DEFYING | • defying v. Present participle of defy. • DEFY v. to resist openly and boldly. |
| DIGNIFY | • dignify v. (Transitive) To invest with dignity or honour. • dignify v. (Transitive) To give distinction to. • dignify v. (Transitive) To exalt in rank. |
| FAYNING | • fayning v. Present participle of fayne. • FAYNE v. (Spenser) to feign, also FAINE. |
| FLAYING | • flaying v. Present participle of flay. • flaying n. The act by which something is flayed. • FLAY v. to strip off skin or hide. |
| FLEYING | • fleying v. Present participle of fley. • FLEY v. (Scots) to frighten, also FLEG. |
| FLYINGS | • flyings n. Plural of flying. • FLYING n. the operation of an aircraft. |
| FLYPING | • flyping v. Present participle of flype. • FLYPE v. to strip back, to turn partly inside out e.g. a hat-brim. |
| FLYTING | • flyting n. Contention, noisy argument. • flyting n. Scolding, rebuke. • flyting n. A poetic contest of insults or invective. |
| FOYLING | • foyling v. Present participle of foyle. • FOYLE v. (Spenser) to foil. |
| FOYNING | • FOYNE v. (Spenser) to thrust with a spear or sword, also FOIN. |
| FRAYING | • fraying v. Present participle of fray. • fraying n. Frayed material. • fraying n. The skin which a deer frays from its horns. |
| FRYINGS | • fryings n. Plural of frying. • FRYING n. the process of frying. |
| LIGNIFY | • lignify v. (Intransitive) To become wood. • lignify v. (Intransitive, botany) To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth. • lignify v. (Intransitive, by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood. |
| MAGNIFY | • magnify v. (Transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). • magnify v. (Transitive) To make (something) larger or more important. • magnify v. (Transitive) To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. |
| NIGRIFY | • nigrify v. (Transitive) To make black in colour; to blacken. • NIGRIFY v. to blacken. |
| SIGNIFY | • signify v. To create a sign out of something. • signify v. To give (something) a meaning or an importance. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) • signify v. To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce. |
| SKYFING | • SKYF v. (South African) to smoke. |
| YAFFING | • YAFF v. (Scots) to bark, scold, nag, also NYAFF. |