An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 293

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 293


1. To be in a restless state, without change of place, S.


_Cleland._


2. To move from place to place unsteadily, S.


_Burel._


3. To be at trouble about any thing, S.


Su. G. _fik-a_, cursitare; _fiack-a_, hunc illuc vagari.


_To_ ~Fike~, ~Feik~, _v. a._


1. To vex, to perplex, S.


2. To do any thing in a diligent but piddling way, S.


_Kelly._


~Fike~, ~Fyke~, _s._


1. Bustle about what is trifling, S.


_Hamilton._


2. Restlessness, from whatever cause.


_Ramsay._


~Fikie~, _adj._ Minutely troublesome, S.


~Fikefacks~, _s. pl._


1. Minute pieces of work, causing considerable trouble, S.


2. Little troublesome peculiarities of temper, S.


Teut. _fickfack-en_, agitare, fact.i.tare.


FILCHANS, _s. pl._ Rags patched or fastened together, Ang.


_To_ FYLE, FILE, _v. a._


1. To defile, S.


A. S. _ge-fyl-an_, id.


_Douglas._


2. To diffuse contagion.


_Acts Ja. II._


3. To sully, used in a moral sense.


_Douglas._


4. To accuse, a law term.


_Fountainhall._


5. To p.r.o.nounce guilty, S.


_Reg. Maj._


FYLE, _s._ A fowl.


_Houlate._


FILIBEG, PHILIBEG, FEIL-BEG, _s._ A piece of dress worn by men, in the Highlands, instead of breeches, S.


Gael. _filleadh-beg_; _filleadh_ fold, and _beg_, little.


_Boswell._


FILL, _s._ Full, S.


Su. G. _fylle_.


_K. Quair._


FILLAT, FILLET, _s._ The flank.


Fr. _filet_, id.


_Douglas._


FILLER, _s._ The only term used for a funnel, S.


_Sir J. Sinclair._







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