An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 279
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 279
~Fard~, _s._ Paint.
_Z. Boyd._
FARD, _adj. Weill fard_, well favoured.
_Lyndsay._
FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, _s._
1. Course.
_Douglas._
2. Force, ardour.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
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._