An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 275
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 275
Moes. G. _f.a.gr_, 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~.
FAIRFa.s.sINT, _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._
FAIRNTICKLD, _adj._ Freckled.
FAIT, _s. To lose fait of_, to lose ones good opinion of, S.
Fr. _faire fete 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.