An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 273
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 273
Teut. _wegghe_, lib.u.m oblongum; Fr. _fouace_, a thick cake.
3. A l.u.s.ty and clumsy woman, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ FADLE, FAIDLE, _v. n._ To waddle, Ang.
FADOM, _s._ A fathom, S.
Isl. _fadm-r_.
f.a.gALD, _s._ f.a.ggot.
_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 gra.s.sy part of the surface of the ground.
_Doug._
2. A flat gra.s.sy clod cut from the sward, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Su. G. _wall_, (p.r.o.n. _vall_), sward.
~Fail-d.y.k.e~, _s._ A wall built of sods, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._