To EXTRAVAGE, v. n. To deviate in
discourse.
V. Stravaig.
Fountainhall.
A. S. fa, id.
Douglas.
FA, v. and s.
V. Faw.
FABORIS, s. pl. Suburbs.
Fr. faux-bourg.
Wallace.
FABURDOUN, s. Counterpoint in music; Fr. faux-bourdon.
Burel.
FACHENIS, pl. Faulchions.
Douglas.
Fr. fauchon.
FACHT, Leg. flicht, flight.
Houlate.
FADDIS, s. pl. Boats.
Bellenden.
Gael. fada.
FADE, FEDE, adj. Appointed; A. S.
fad-an, ordinare.
Sir Tristrem.
FADE, s. A company of hunters.
Doug.
Isl. veid-a, to hunt, Gael. fiadh, a deer.
To FADE, v. a. To fall short in.
Isl. fat-ast, deficit.
Wyntown.
FADER, FADYR, s. Father.
Barbour.
A. S. faeder, Isl. fader, id.
FADGE, s. A bundle of sticks, Dumfr.
Sw. fagg-a, onerare.
FADGE, FAGE, s.
1. A large flat loaf
or bannock.
Gl. Sibb.
2. A flat wheaten loaf, Loth.
Ramsay.
Teut. wegghe, libum oblongum; Fr. fouace, a thick cake.
3. A lusty and clumsy woman, S.
Ritson.
To FADLE, FAIDLE, v. n. To waddle, Ang.
FADOM, s. A fathom, S.
Isl. fadm-r.
FAGALD, s. Faggot.
Barbour.
FAY, s.
1. Faith, O. Fr. fe.
Wyntown.
2. Fidelity, allegiance.
Barbour.
To FAIK, v. a. To grasp.
Douglas.
Fland. fack-en, apprehendere.
To FAIK, v. a. To fold, S.
Burns.
Sw. veck, a fold.
Faik, s.
1. A fold, S. B.
Bannatyne P.
2. A plaid, Ang. Faikie, Aberd.
Journal Lond.
FAIK, s. A stratum of stone, Loth.
FAIK, s. The razor-bill, a bird.
Neill.
To FAIK, v. a.
1. To lower the price
of any commodity, Loth. Perths.
2. To let go with impunity, Loth.
Su. G. falk-a, to cheapen.
To FAIK, FAICK, v. n. To fail, S. B.
Su. G. wik-a, cedere.
Ross.
To FAIK, v. n. To stop, S. B.
Ross.
FAIL, FALE, FEAL, s.
1. Any grassy
part of the surface of the ground.
Doug.
2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward,
S.
Bellenden.
Su. G. wall, (pron. vall), sward.
Fail-dyke, s. A wall built of sods, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
To FAILE, v. n.
1. To fail.
2. To be in want of any thing.
Barbour.
Failyie, Faylyhé, s.
1. Failure.
Act Sedt.
2. Legal subjection to a penalty.
Spalding.
3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain,
S.
To FAYND, FAND, v. a.
1. To tempt.
Wyntown.
2. To put to trial.
Sir Tristrem.
3. To endeavour.
Barbour.
A. S. fand-ian, tentare.
To FAYND, v. n. To shift.
V. Fend.
Wallace.
FAYNDING, s. Perhaps, guile.
Barbour.
FAINY, adv. Not understood.
Houlate.
FAINTICE, s. Dissembling.
Barbour.
Fr. faintise.
FAIPLE, s. To hang the faiple, to be
chopfallen, S.
A. Scott.
FAIR, adj. Calm, Orkney.
FAIR, FERE, FEYR, s. Appearance.
A. S. feorh, vultus.
Douglas.
FAIR, FAYR, FAR, s.
1. Solemn preparation.
Barbour.
2. Funeral solemnity.
Gawan and Gol.
Germ. feyr-en, to celebrate.
FAIR, s. Affair.
Priests of Peblis.
FAYR, adj. Proper.
Barbour.
Moes. G. fagr, idoneus.
FAIRD, s.
1. Course.
Complaynt S.
2. Expedition, enterprise.
Calderwood.
FAIRDED, part. pr. Painted.
V. Fard, v.
FAIRDING, s. Violent blowing.
Burel.
FAYRE, FARE, s. Course.
Wyntown.
Isl. far, iter.
FAIR-FARAND.
V. Farand.
FAIRFASSINT, adj. Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.
FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.
V. Fure-dayis.
FAIRHEID, s. Beauty.
Dunbar.
FAIRIN, FARNE, part. pa. Fared.
Barbour.
FAIRY-HILLOCKS, pl. Verdant knolls, denominated from the vulgar idea that these were anciently inhabited by the fairies, or that they used to dance there, S.
To FAIRLY.
V. Ferly, v.
FAIRNTICKL'D, adj. Freckled.
FAIT, s. To lose fait of, to lose one's good opinion of, S.
Fr. faire fête de, to joy in.
To FAYT, v. a. Perhaps, frame.
Sir Tristrem.
To FAIZLE, v. a. To flatter, S. B.
Su. G. fios-a, id.
FALD, FAULD, s.
1. A sheep-fold, S.
Ross.
2. An inclosure of any kind.
Douglas.
A. S. Isl. fald, septum animalium.
To Fald, Fauld, v. a. To inclose in a fold, S.
Sw. faella, id.
To FALD, v. n. To bow, S.
Garden.
A. S. feald-an, plicare.
To FALE, v. n. To happen.
Wyntown.
FALK, FAUK, s. The Razor-bill.
Martin.
To FALL, v. n.
1. To fall to, as one's portion,
pron. faw, S.
Peblis to the Play.
2. To be one's turn. It fawis me now, S.
To Fall by, v. n. To be lost, S.
Rutherford.
To FALL with child, to become pregnant, S.
FALL, (pron. faw) s. A measure six ells
square, S.
Skene.
Su. G. fale, pertica, a perch.
FALL, FAW, s. A trap, S.
Evergreen.
Germ. falle, Su. G. falla, decipula.
FALLBRIG, s. A bridge used in a siege,
which the besiegers let fall on the walls,
that they might enter by it.
Barbour.
FALLEN STARS, a gelatinous plant, found in pastures, &c. after rain, S.
Sea fallen stars, Sea lungs, An animal thrown on the sea-shore, S.
To FALLOW, v. a. To follow, S.
Douglas.
FALOW, FALLOW, s. Fellow.
Wyntown.
To Fallow, v. a. To equal.
Dunbar.
FALSAR, FALSARIE, s. A falsifier.
Acts Marie.
FALSED, FALSETTE, s.
1. Falsehood.
Dunbar.
2. A forgery.
O. Fr. faulsete.
Acts Mar.
O. Fr. faute.
Barbour.
FAME, FAIM, FEIM, s.
1. Foam, S.
Douglas.
2. Passion, S. B.
A. S. fam, faem, spuma.
To Fame, v. n. To be in a rage, S.
FAMEN, pl. Foes.
Wallace.
A. S. fah-mon, foe-man.
FAMYLE, FAMELL, s. Family, race.
Fr. famille.
Douglas.
FAMOUS, adj. Of good character.
Fr. fameux, of much credit.
Wodrow.
To FAND, v. a. To try.
V. Faynd.
FAND, pret. v. Found, S.
Hudson.
To FANE, v. a. To protect.
Dunbar.
FANE, In fane, fondly.
Gawan and Gol.
FANG, s.
1. Capture.
Wallace.
2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.
Morison.
With the fang, having in possession,
LL. S.
3. In pl., claws or talons, S.
4. The bend of a rope.
Gl. Sibb.
A. S. fang, Teut. vanghe, captura, captus.
To FANK, FANKLE, v. a. To entangle,
especially by knots, S.
Henrysone.
Teut. vanck, tendicula.
FANNOUN, FANNOWNE, s. A linen handkerchief carried on the priest's arm at mass.
Fr. fanon.
Wyntown.
To FANTISIE, v. a. To regard with affection.
Fr. fantas-ier.
G. Buchanan.
Fantise, s. Vain appearance.
K. Quair.
FANTON, s. Swoon.
Palice of Hon.
FANTOWN, adj. Fantastic.
Wyntown.
FAR, s. Pompous preparation.
V. Fair.
FAR, s. Appearance.
V. Fair.
Barbour.
FAR, FARE, FAYR, s. Expedition.
Barbour.
FARAND, FARRAND, adj. Seeming.
Douglas.
Auld-farand, adj. Sagacious, S.
Fair-farand, adj.
1. Having a goodly appearance.
S. P. Repr.
2. Having a fair carriage.
Houlate.
3. Having a specious appearance, S.
Euil-farand, adj. Unseemly.
Douglas.
Foul-farren, adj. Having a bad appearance.
Kelly.
Weill-farand, adj.
1. Having a goodly
appearance.
Barbour.
2. Handsome.
Wallace.
Su. G. far-a, agere; Teut. vaer-en, gerere se.
FARAND, part. pr. Travelling.
Barbour.
Farandman, s. A traveller.
Skene.
A. S. farende, itinerant.
FARAR, compar. Better.
Gawan and Gol.
FARCOST, s. A trading vessel.
Stat. Acc.
Su.G. farkost, any instrument of travelling.
FARAR, s. A traveller.
Douglas.
To FARD, FAIRD, v. a.
1. To paint.
Z. Boyd.
2. To embellish.
Compl. S.
Fr. fard-er, id. fard, paint.
Fard, s. Paint.
Z. Boyd.
FARD, adj. Weill fard, well favoured.
Lyndsay.
FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, s.
1. Course.
Douglas.
2. Force, ardour.
Bellenden.
3. To make a faird, to make a bustle.
Su. G. faerd, cursus, iter.
Ramsay.
FARDER, adj. Further, S.
R. Bruce.
FARDILLIS, s. pl. Shivers.
Gawan and Gol.
Teut. vier-deel, quadra.
FAREFOLKIS, s. pl. Fairies; fair-folk,
Banffs.
Douglas.
Q. fair folk, or faring folk.
FARY, FARIE, s.
1. Bustle, tumult.
Dunbar.
2. Confusion, consternation.
V. Fiery.
Douglas.
FARING, s. Leading of an army.
Barbour.
Isl. faer-a, Su. G. foer-a, ducere, ducem esse.
FARLAND, adj. Coming from a distant
country.
Maitland P.
A. S. feorlen, feorlend, longinquus.
FARLE, FARTHEL, FERLE, s. Properly,
the fourth part of a thin cake,
whether of flour or oatmeal; but now
used often for a third, S.
Wodrow.
Teut. vier-deel; A. S. feorth dael, quarta pars.
FARRACH, s. Force, vigour, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.
Isl. faer, validus; Gael. farrach, force.
FARSY, adj. Having the farcy.
Dunbar.
Fr. farcin.
FARTIGAL, s. A fardingale.
Fr. vertugale, id.
Maitland P.
FAS, s. Hair.
A. S. feax, id.
Douglas.
To FASCH, FASH, v. a.
1. To trouble,
applied to the body, S.
Baillie.
2. Denoting what pains the mind.
Baillie.
3. To molest, in a general sense, S.
Evergreen.
To fash one's thumb, to give one's self
trouble, S.
Ramsay.
To Fasch, v. n.
1. To take trouble, S.
2. To be weary of, S.
Chron. S. P.
3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's
self to trouble, S.
Fr. se fach-er, to grieve; Su. G. faas widen, tangere aliquem, to fash with, S.
Fasch, Fash, s.
1. Trouble, S.
Burns.
2. Pains taken about any thing, S.
3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.
Fascheous, Fashious, adj. Troublesome.
Fr. facheux, facheuse, id.
Baillie.
Facherie, Fr. Fashrie, s. Trouble, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
FASSE, s. A hair.
S. P. Repr.
FASSON, s. Fashion, S. B. fassin.
Complaynt S.
FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a
deep red colour.
Acts Ja. VI.
FASTRINGIS-EWYN, s. The evening
preceding the first day of the Fast of
Lent. Fasterns-een, S.
Barbour.
Belg. Vastenavond, id.
FATHERBETTER, adj. Surpassing
one's father, S. B.
Baillie.
Isl. faudrbetringr, id.
FATHER-BROTHER, s. A paternal
uncle, S.
Skene.
Father-sister, s. A paternal aunt.
Id.
FATT'RILS, s. pl. Folds or puckerings,
S. O.
Burns.
O. Fr. fatraille, trumpery.
FAUCH, FAW, FEWE, adj. Pale red,
fallow; dun, Aberd.
Douglas.
A. S. fah, fealg, fealh, helvus.
To FAUCH, FAUGH, v. a.
1. To fallow
ground, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. To beat. He faught him well, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Isl. faag-a, Su. G. faei-a, purgare.
Fauch, Faugh, adj. Fallow, not sowed, S.
Fauch, Faugh, s.
1. A single furrow,
from lea, Ang.
2. The land thus managed, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
3. Applied to the tearing of character,
Ang.
FAUCHT, pret. Fought.
V. Fecht.
FAUTE, FAWT.
V. Falt.
FAUCUMTULIES, s. pl. Perquisites due by the tenant to the proprietor, Ang.
FAVELLIS, pl. Perhaps, savours.
K. Hart.
FAULTOUR, s. A transgressor.
Lyndsay.
FAUSE-HOUSE, s. A vacancy in a
stack, for preserving corns, q. false
house.
Burns.
FAW, adj. Pale red.
V. Fauch.
Faw, adj. Of diverse colours.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. fag, fah, versicolor.
To FAW, FÁ, v. a.
1. To obtain.
Burns.
2. To have as one's lot, S.
Popular Ball.
Faw, Fá, s.
1. Share, S.
Ross.
2. Lot, chance, S.
Burns.
FAW, FÁ, s. A fall, S.
To Shak a Fá, s.
1. To wrestle, S.
Ross.
2. To strain every nerve, S. B.
Baillie.
Faw-cap, s. A stuffed cap for guarding a child's head from the bad effects of a fall, S. B.
FAW, s. A trap.
V. Fall.
FAWELY, adv. Few in number.
Wallace.
FAX, s. Face, visage.
Douglas.
Isl. fas, conspectus, gestus.
FAZART, adj. Dastardly.
Kennedy.
Su. G. fasar, horreo.
Fazart, s. A dastard.
Montgomerie.
FE, FEE, FEY, FIE, s.
1. Cattle.
Barbour.
2. Small cattle, sheep or goats.
Douglas.
3. Possessions, in general.
Barbour.
4. Money.
Wyntown.
5. Wages, S.
Statist. Acc.
6. Hereditary property in land.
Wyntown.
7. Hereditary succession.
Barbour.
8. Absolute property, as distinguished
from liferent, LL. S.
Skene.
Isl. fe, Su. G. fae, A. S. feo, pecus, pecunia.
Fear, Fiar, s.
1. One to whom property
belongs in reversion, S.
2. Connected with the term conjunct, a
liferenter, S.
Skene.
FEALE, adj. Faithful, loyal, O. Fr. feal.
Bannatyne Poems.
FEATHER CLING, A disease of black
cattle, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.
To FEBLE, v. n. To become weak.
Barbour.
To Feblis, v. a. To enfeeble.
Fr. foiblesse, weakness.
Febling, s. Weakness.
Douglas.
To FECHT, v. a.
1. To fight; pret.
faucht, fawcht.
Wyntown.
A. S. feaht-an, Germ. fecht-an, id.
2. To toil, S.
Burns.
Fecht, Facht, Faught, s.
1. Fight, S.
Douglas.
2. Struggle, of whatever kind, S.
Burns.
Fechtar, s. One engaged in fight, S.
A. S. feohtere, pugnator.
Wallace.
FEGHIE-LEGHIE, adj. A contemptuous term, conjoining the ideas of insipidity, inactivity, and diminutive size, Aberd.
FECK, FEK, s.
1. A term denoting, both
space and quantity or number, S.
Dunbar.
2. The greatest part, S.
Wallace.
3. Of feck, of value.
Montgomerie.
A. S. faec, space, or Fr. effect.
Feckful, Feckfow, adj.
1. Wealthy, S.
Feckfow-like having the appearance of
wealth, S.
2. Possessing bodily ability, S.
Hamilton.
3. Powerful.
Ramsay.
Fecky, adj. Gaudy, S. B.
Ross.
Feckless, adj.
1. Weak, applied to the
body, S.
Ross.
2. Feeble in mind.
Polwart.
3. Spiritless, Ang.
Feckly, Fectlie, adv.
1. Partly, S.
Watson.
2. Mostly, S.
Ross.
Fecklessness, s. Feebleness, S.
Rutherford.
FECKET, s. Under-waistcoat, S.
Burns.
FEDDERAME, FEDREM, s. pl.
Wings.
Douglas.
A. S. faether-ham, a dress of feathers.
To FEDE, v. a. To nurture.
Sir Trist.
A. S. fed-an, educare; Su. G. foed-a, alere.
To FEE, FIE, v. a. To hire, S.
V. Fe.
Knox.
FEEDING STORM, One that is on
the increase, S.
Baillie.
To FEEL, v. a. To smell, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
FEENICHIN, adj. Foppish, Fife.
FEER for FEER, Every way equal,
S. B.
V. Fere, companion.
FEERICHIN, adj. Bustling, S. B.
V. Fiery.
FEERIE, adj. Clever.
V. Fery.
FEETH, FEITH, s. A net, fixed and
stretching into the bed of a river, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.
Moes. G. fatha, sepes; Dan. vod, a net.
To FEEZE, v. a. To twist, S. A.
Douglas.
To Feeze about,
1. To turn round, S.
2. To hang off and on, S. B.
Skinner.
Belg. vyz-en, id.
To Feeze on, v. a. To screw, S.
To Feeze aff, v. a. To unskrew, S.
To Feeze up, v. a.
1. To flatter, S.
Su. G. fias-a, id.
2. To work up into a passion, S.
FEY, FEE, FIE, adj.
1. On the verge
of death, S.
Wallace.
2. Unfortunate, unhappy.
Douglas.
3. A fey puckle, a grain of corn, that has
lost its substance, S. B.
Isl. feig-r, Su. G. feg, A. S. faege, moribundus, morti appropinquans, Belg. veeg, Fr. fée, fatal.
Feydom, s. The state of being near death, or that conduct which is supposed to indicate it, S.
FEY, s.
1. A fief, held of a superior.
Barbour.
2. A kingdom; improperly.
Wyntown.
FEY, s. A foe.
V. Fa.
Maitland Poems.
FEID, FEDE, s. Enmity; a quarrel, S.
Wallace.
Isl. faide, fed, Su. G. fegd, A. S. faehth, E. fewd.
Feidom, s. Enmity.
Evergreen.
FEIGH, FEECH, interj. Fy, S.
Ramsay.
Alem. fig-en, A. S. fi-an, odisse.
FEYK, s. Restlessness, proceeding from
nervous affection, the fidgets.
V. Fyke.
Polwart.
FEIL, FEILE, FEILL, FELE, adj.
Many.
Barbour.
Isl. fiol. pluralitas; A. S. feala, fela, many.
Fell, Fiel, adv. Denoting degree, S. as,
fell weill.
Burns.
To FEIL, v. a. To understand.
Wallace.
Feil, Feille, s. Knowledge.
Dunbar.
FEIM, s. Foam.
V. Fame.
FEIR, s. Demeanour.
Bannatyne P.
Feir, Feare of Were, a warlike expedition.
Dunbar.
A. S. far-an, proficisci, fare, expeditio.
FEYR. In feyr, in company.
V. Fere.
FEYRD, fourth.
V. Ferd.
FEIRIS, belongs.
Houlate.
FEKIT, FYKIT, Troubled.
Wallace.
FELCOUTH. L. selcouth, strange.
Wallace.
To FELL, v. a. To kill, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
To FELL, v. n. To befal.
Ross.
FELL, adj.
1. Hot, biting, S.
Burns.
2. Singular, strange, S.
3. Clever, mettlesome, S.
Keith.
4. Acute, transferred to mind, S.
To FELL, FELL OFF, v. a. To let out
a net from a boat, S. B.
Law Case.
Su. G. faell-a, dejicere, demittere.
FELL, s. A rocky hill, S.
Wyntown.
Su. G. fiaell, a ridge or chain of mountains.
FELL-BLOOM, s. Yellow clover, S.
FELL SYIS, adv. Often.
Barbour.
FELLIN, s. A disease of cattle, S.
FELOUN, FELLOUN, adj.
1. Fierce.
Barbour.
2. Violent, dreadful.
Douglas.
3. Denoting any thing extreme.
Fr. felon, fellon, fell, cruel.
Wallace.
Felony, Felny, s.
1. Cruelty.
Barbour.
2. Wrath, fierceness.
Wyntown.
FELT, s. Creeping wheat-grass, S.
Statist. Acc.
FELT, s. Perhaps the same with fellin.
Watson.
To FELTER, v. a. To entangle, S. B.
Fr. feultrer, to cover with felt.
Ross.
FELT GRAVEL, the sandy gravel.
Spotswood.
FELTIFARE, s. The red shank, S.
Gl. Complaynt.
FEN, s. Mud, filth. A. S. fenn.
Douglas.
A. S. fenn, lutum, sordes, Moes. G. fani, lutum. Lat. foen-um.
To FEN.
V. Fend, v. 2.
To FEND, v. a. To tempt.
V. Faynd.
Barbour.
To FEND, FENDE, v. a.
1. To defend,
S. Fr. de-fend-re, id.
Wallace.
2. To support.
Minstr. Bord.
3. To provide for one's self.
Rutherford.
To FEND, FEN, v. n.
1. To shift, S.
Chron. S. P.
2. To fare in general, S.
Fend, Fen, s. The shift one makes, S.
Douglas.
Fendie, adj. Good at making shift, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
FENESTER, s. A window.
Douglas.
FENT, s. An opening in a sleeve, shirt, coat, &c. S.
Fr. fente, id.
FER, s. Preparation.
V. Fayr.
Barbour.
FER, adv. Far.
Douglas.
FERCOST, s. A bark.
V. Farcost.
Skene.
FERD, FEIRD, FEYRD, adj. Fourth.
Su. G. fiaerde, Isl. fiorda, id.
Douglas.
FERD, s. Force.
V. Faird.
Baillie.
FERDE, s. An army.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. faerd, id.
FERDELY, adv. Perh. actively.
Wallace.
FERDER, adv. Farther.
Douglas.
FERDY, FEIRDY, adj. Strong, active,
S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
Su. G. faerdig, paratus.
FERDLY, adv. Fearfully; Bord.
Wallace.
FERE, adj. Fierce, Lat. ferus.
K. Quair.
FERE, s. Appearance, shew.
V. Fair.
A. S. ge-fera, socius.
Barbour.
In fere, together.
Gawan and Gol.
Yfere, yferis, the same.
Douglas.
FERE, FER, adj. Entire.
Hale and fer, whole and entire, S.
Barbour.
Isl. faer, Su. G. foer, validus.
FERE of WEIR.
V. Feir.
FERETERE, s. A bier.
Douglas.
FERY, FEIRIE, FEERIE, adj. Vigorous,
active, S.
Douglas.
Germ. ferig, expeditus, alacer.
Ferilie, Feerelie, adv. Cleverly, S.
Lyndsay.
FERIAT, adj. Feriat times, holidays.
Acts Sedt.
Lat. feriati dies; feriae, holidays.
FERIE-FARIE, s. Bustle.
V. Fary.
FERIS, v. n. Becomes.
V. Afferis.
Douglas.
FERYS, s. pl. Marks.
V. Fair.
Douglas.
FERYT, FERRYIT, pret. v. Farrowed.
Sw. faerria, porcellos parere.
Barbour.
FERYT, pret. v. Waxed.
Wallace.
FERITIE, s. Violence.
Bp. Forbes.
FERLIE, FERELY, FARLIE, s. A
wonder, S.
Douglas.
A. S. faerlic, ferlic, repentinus; also, horrendus.
To Ferly, v. n. To wonder.
Douglas.
Ferlyfull, adj. Surprising.
Barbour.
FERLYST, L. Terlyst.
Wallace.
To FERME, v. a. To make firm.
Doug.
To FERME, v. a. To shut up.
Fr. ferm-er.
Douglas.
FERME, s. Rent, Fr.
Acts Ja. VI.
Fermorer, s. A farmer. L. B. firmar-ius.
Knox.
FERN, FEARN, s. Prepared gut. S.
tharm, E.
Gl. Sibb.
FERNITICKLES, s. pl. Freckles, S.
Dan. fregne, id.
Fernitickled, Fairntickl'd, adj. Freckled,
S.
Ritson.
FERNYEAR, FARNE-YEIR, s. The
preceding year, S.
L. Hailes.
A. S. faren, past; or Moes. G. fairni, old.
Fernyear's Tale, a fabrication.
Sir Egeir.
S. fernyears news, any intelligence
that has been known long ago.
FERRARIS, s. pl. Barell ferraris, casks
for carrying liquids.
Barbour.
Fr. ferriére, a large leathern bottle.
FERRY COW, a cow that is not with calf, S.
Belg. vare koe, a cow that yields no more milk.
FERRYAR, FERREAR, s. A ferryman.
Acts Ja. I.
Douglas.
FERS. On fers. Perforce.
Henrysone.
FERSIE, s. The farcy, S.
Ferguson.
FERTER-LIKE, adj. Appearing ready
for the bier or coffin, Aberd.
V. Fertour.
Poems Buchan Dial.
FERTOUR, FERTOR, s. A little chest.
Bellenden.
L. B. feretrum, a sarcophagus; whence O. Fr. fiertre, a chest in which reliques of saints were kept.
To FEST, v. a.
1. To fix.
Gawan and Gol.
Su. G. faesta, to fasten.
2. To confirm, by promise or oath.
Wallace.
To Fessin, v. a. To fasten.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Festnyng, s. Confirmation.
Wyntown.
A. S. faestnung, id.
To FETYL, v. n. To join closely.
Su. G. faetil, ligamen.
Wyntown.
FETTIL, FETTLE, s. Energy, power,
S. B.
Ross.
To FETTLE, v. a. To tie up, S.
FETTLE, adj.
1. Neat, tight, S. B.
2. Low in stature, but well-knit, S. B.
FETOUS, adj. Neat, trim.
Ruddiman.
Fetusly, adv. Featly.
Douglas.
To FEUCH, FEUGH, s. To take a
whiff, S. B.
Journal Lond.
Isl. fiuk-a, vento agitari.
Feuch, s. A whiff, S. B.
FEUCH, s. A sounding blow, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
FEVERFOULLIE, s. Feverfew, S.
Featherwheelie, S. B.
FEVER-LARGIE, s. Expl. Two stomachs to eat, and one to work.
FEU, FEW, s. A possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent. The mode of possession is also called few-ferme, the rent few-dutie, or few-maill, S.
A. S. feo, pecunia.
Acts Ja. VI.
Feuar, Fewar, s. One who holds lands in feu, S.
FEURE, s. Furrow.
V. Fur.
FEWE, adj. Fallow.
V. Fauch.
FEWLUME, s. A sparrow hawk.
Doug.
FEWS, FOUETS, s. pl. Houseleek.
FEWTÉ, s. Fealty. Fr. feauté.
Barbour.
To FEWTER, FUTER, v. a. To lock
together.
Douglas.
Isl. fiaetr-a, compedibus constringere.
FEWTIR, s. Rage.
Wallace.
Isl. fudra, efflagro.
FIAL, FIALL, s.
1. One who receives
wages.
Spalding.
2. A vassal.
O. Fr. feal, id.
Knox.
FIARS, s. pl. The prices of grain legally fixed for the year, S.
Fr. feur, estimatio venalium; or Isl. fiar, fear, the genit. of fe, fie, pecunia, opes.
FICHE, s. A fish.
Burel.
FICHYT, part. pa. Fixed.
Barbour.
FYCHYT, pret. Fetched.
Wyntown.
To FICKLE, v. a. To puzzle, Loth.
Wall.
A. S. ficol, versipellis, Su. G. vickla, complicare, in-vekla, to puzzle.
Fickly, adj. Puzzling, Loth.
FIDDER, s. A multitude.
V. Fudder.
Burel.
To FIDDLE, v. n. To trifle, though apparently busy, S.
Isl. fitl-a, leviter attingere.
FYDRING, s. Confederation.
Burel.
FIE, s. Sheep.
V. Fe.
FIEL, Burns.
V. Feil, adj.
FIER, s. Sound.
V. Fere.
A. Douglas.
FIERCELINGS, adj. Violent, S. B.
Ross.
Fiercelings, adv. Violently, S. B.
Ross.
FIERY, s.
1. Bustle, confusion, S.
2. Rage, pron. fieroch, furoch, Perths.
Su. G. fir-a, to celebrate.
Fiery-fary, s.
1. Bustle, S.
Lyndsay.
2. Shew, pretended bustle.
Baillie.
FIESE WILK, Striated whelk.
V. Feeze.
Sibbald.
FIFT, Houlate. L. in fist.
FY-GAE-BY, s. A ludicrous designation for the diarrhoea, S.
FYELL, PHIOLL, s. A round vaulted
tower.
Palice Hon.
Lat. Phalae, towers of an oval form.
FIGMALIRIE, s. A whim.
Ramsay.
Apparently the same with Whigmaleerie, q. v.
To FIKE, FYKE, FEIK, v. n.
1. To be
in a restless state, without change of
place, S.
Cleland.
2. To move from place to place unsteadily,
S.
Burel.
3. To be at trouble about any thing, S.
Su. G. fik-a, cursitare; fiack-a, hunc illuc vagari.
To Fike, Feik, v. a.
1. To vex, to perplex,
S.
2. To do any thing in a diligent but
piddling way, S.
Kelly.
Fike, Fyke, s.
1. Bustle about what is
trifling, S.
Hamilton.
2. Restlessness, from whatever cause.
Ramsay.
Fikie, adj. Minutely troublesome, S.
Fikefacks, s. pl.
1. Minute pieces of
work, causing considerable trouble, S.
2. Little troublesome peculiarities of
temper, S.
Teut. fickfack-en, agitare, factitare.
FILCHANS, s. pl. Rags patched or fastened together, Ang.
To FYLE, FILE, v. a.
1. To defile, S.
A. S. ge-fyl-an, id.
Douglas.
2. To diffuse contagion.
Acts Ja. II.
3. To sully, used in a moral sense.
Douglas.
4. To accuse, a law term.
Fountainhall.
5. To pronounce guilty, S.
Reg. Maj.
FYLE, s. A fowl.
Houlate.
FILIBEG, PHILIBEG, FEIL-BEG, s. A piece of dress worn by men, in the Highlands, instead of breeches, S.
Gael. filleadh-beg; filleadh fold, and beg, little.
Boswell.
FILL, s. Full, S.
Su. G. fylle.
K. Quair.
FILLAT, FILLET, s. The flank.
Fr. filet, id.
Douglas.
FILLER, s. The only term used for a
funnel, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
FILLOK, FILLY, s.
1. A young mare,
S.
2. A giddy young woman.
Douglas.
3. Filly, a frothy young man.
Bannatyne P.
Isl. foelja, fem. of fil, pullus equinus.
FILSCH, adj. Empty, faint, Loth.
FILSCH, s. Weeds or grass covering the ground, S. B.
Su. G. fel-a, fial-a, to cover.
Filschy, adj. Applied to a sheaf when swelled up with weeds or natural grass, S. B.
FIN, s. Humour; q. fun.
Gl. Shirr.
To FIND, v. a.
1. To feel, S.
Ramsay.
2. To grope, to grubble, S.
FINDY, adj. Full, substantial; q. what
finds or supports.
Kelly.