An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 292
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 292
_To_ FICKLE, _v. a._ To puzzle, Loth.
_Wall._
A. S. _ficol_, versipellis, Su. G. _vickla_, complicare, _in-vekla_ to puzzle.
~Fickly~, _adj._ Puzzling, Loth.
FIDDER, _s._ A mult.i.tude.
V. ~Fudder~.
_Burel._
_To_ FIDDLE, _v. n._ To trifle, though apparently busy, S.
Isl. _fitl-a_, leviter attingere.
FYDRING, _s._ Confederation.
_Burel._
FIE, _s._ Sheep.
V. ~Fe~.
FIEL, _Burns_.
V. ~Feil~, _adj._
FIER, _s._ Sound.
V. ~Fere~.
_A. Douglas._
FIERCELINGS, _adj._ Violent, S. B.
_Ross._
~Fiercelings~, _adv._ Violently, S. B.
_Ross._
FIERY, _s._
1. Bustle, confusion, S.
2. Rage, p.r.o.n. _fieroch_, _furoch_, Perths.
Su. G. _fir-a_, to celebrate.
~Fiery-fary~, _s._
1. Bustle, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Shew, pretended bustle.
_Baillie._
FIESE WILK, Striated whelk.
V. ~Feeze~.
_Sibbald._
FIFT, Houlate. L. _in fist_.
FY-GAE-BY, _s._ A ludicrous designation for the diarrhoea, S.
FYELL, PHIOLL, _s._ A round vaulted tower.
_Palice Hon._
Lat. _Phalae_, towers of an oval form.
FIGMALIRIE, _s._ A whim.
_Ramsay._
Apparently the same with _Whigmaleerie_, q. v.
_To_ FIKE, FYKE, FEIK, _v. n._