An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 276
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 276
_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 ones portion, p.r.o.n. _faw_, S.
_Peblis to the Play._
2. To be ones 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, (p.r.o.n. _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-sh.o.r.e, 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._
FALT, FAUTE, FAWT, _s._ Want.
O. Fr. _faute_.
_Barbour._
FAME, FAIM, FEIM, _s._
1. Foam, S.
_Douglas._