An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 284

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 284

_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 pa.s.sion, 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. _fee_, fatal.