An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _feyr-en_, to celebrate.

FAIR, _s._ Affair.

_Priests of Peblis._

FAYR, _adj._ Proper.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _fagr_, idoneus.

FAIRD, _s._

1. Course.

_Complaynt S._

2. Expedition, enterprise.

_Calderwood._

FAIRDED, _part. pr._ Painted.

V. ~Fard~, _v._

FAIRDING, _s._ Violent blowing.

_Burel._

FAYRE, FARE, _s._ Course.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _far_, iter.

FAIR-FARAND.

V. ~Farand~.

FAIRFASSINT, _adj._ Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.

FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.

V. ~Fure-dayis~.

FAIRHEID, _s._ Beauty.

_Dunbar._

FAIRIN, FARNE, _part. pa._ Fared.

_Barbour._

FAIRY-HILLOCKS, _pl._ Verdant knolls, denominated from the vulgar idea that these were anciently inhabited by the fairies, or that they used to dance there, S.

_To_ FAIRLY.

V. ~Ferly~, _v._

FAIRNTICKL'D, _adj._ Freckled.

FAIT, _s. To lose fait of_, to lose one's good opinion of, S.

Fr. _faire fête de_, to joy in.

_To_ FAYT, _v. a._ Perhaps, frame.

_Sir Tristrem._

_To_ FAIZLE, _v. a._ To flatter, S. B.

Su. G. _fios-a_, id.

FALD, FAULD, _s._

1. A sheep-fold, S.

_Ross._

2. An inclosure of any kind.

_Douglas._

A. S. Isl. _fald_, septum animalium.

_To_ ~Fald~, ~Fauld~, _v. a._ To inclose in a fold, S.

Sw. _faella_, id.

_To_ FALD, _v. n._ To bow, S.

_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 one's portion, pron. _faw_, S.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. To be one's 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, (pron. _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-shore, 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._

2. Passion, S. B.

A. S. _fam_, _faem_, spuma.

_To_ ~Fame~, _v. n._ To be in a rage, S.

FAMEN, _pl._ Foes.

_Wallace._

A. S. _fah-mon_, foe-man.

FAMYLE, FAMELL, _s._ Family, race.

Fr. _famille_.

_Douglas._

FAMOUS, _adj._ Of good character.

Fr. _fameux_, of much credit.

_Wodrow._

_To_ FAND, _v. a._ To try.

V. ~Faynd~.

FAND, _pret. v._ Found, S.

_Hudson._

_To_ FANE, _v. a._ To protect.

_Dunbar._

FANE. _In fane_, fondly.

_Gawan and Gol._

FANG, _s._

1. Capture.

_Wallace._

2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.

_Morison._

_With the fang_, having in possession, LL. S.

3. In pl., claws or talons, S.

4. The bend of a rope.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _fang_, Teut. _vanghe_, captura, captus.

_To_ FANK, FANKLE, _v. a._ To entangle, especially by knots, S.

_Henrysone._

Teut. _vanck_, tendicula.

FANNOUN, FANNOWNE, _s._ A linen handkerchief carried on the priest's arm at mass.

Fr. _fanon_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ FANTISIE, _v. a._ To regard with affection.

Fr. _fantas-ier_.

_G. Buchanan._

~Fantise~, _s._ Vain appearance.

_K. Quair._

FANTON, _s._ Swoon.

_Palice of Hon._

FANTOWN, _adj._ Fantastic.

_Wyntown._

FAR, _s._ Pompous preparation.

V. ~Fair~.

FAR, _s._ Appearance.

V. ~Fair~.

_Barbour._

FAR, FARE, FAYR, _s._ Expedition.

_Barbour._

FARAND, FARRAND, _adj._ Seeming.

_Douglas._

~Auld-farand~, _adj._ Sagacious, S.

~Fair-farand,~ _adj._

1. Having a goodly appearance.

_S. P. Repr._

2. Having a fair carriage.

_Houlate._

3. Having a specious appearance, S.

~Euil-farand~, _adj._ Unseemly.

_Douglas._

~Foul-farren~, _adj._ Having a bad appearance.

_Kelly._

~Weill-farand~, _adj._

1. Having a goodly appearance.

_Barbour._

2. Handsome.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _far-a_, agere; Teut. _vaer-en_, gerere se.

FARAND, _part. pr._ Travelling.

_Barbour._

~Farandman~, _s._ A traveller.

_Skene._

A. S. _farende_, itinerant.

FARAR, _compar._ Better.

_Gawan and Gol._

FARCOST, _s._ A trading vessel.

_Stat. Acc._

Su.G. _farkost_, any instrument of travelling.

FARAR, _s._ A traveller.

_Douglas._

_To_ FARD, FAIRD, _v. a._

1. To paint.

_Z. Boyd._

2. To embellish.

_Compl. S._

Fr. _fard-er_, id. _fard_, paint.

~Fard~, _s._ Paint.

_Z. Boyd._

FARD, _adj. Weill fard_, well favoured.

_Lyndsay._

FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, _s._

1. Course.

_Douglas._

2. Force, ardour.

_Bellenden._

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._

FAS, _s._ Hair.

A. S. _feax_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._

1. To trouble, applied to the body, S.

_Baillie._

2. Denoting what pains the mind.

_Baillie._

3. To molest, in a general sense, S.

_Evergreen._

_To fash one's thumb_, to give one's self trouble, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Fasch~, _v. n._

1. To take trouble, S.

2. To be weary of, S.

_Chron. S. P._

3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's self to trouble, S.

Fr. _se fach-er_, to grieve; Su. G. _faas widen_, tangere aliquem, _to fash with_, S.

~Fasch~, ~Fash~, _s._

1. Trouble, S.

_Burns._

2. Pains taken about any thing, S.

3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.

~Fascheous~, ~Fashious~, _adj._ Troublesome.

Fr. _facheux_, _facheuse_, id.

_Baillie._

~Facherie~, Fr. ~Fashrie~, _s._ Trouble, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

FASSE, _s._ A hair.

_S. P. Repr._

FASSON, _s._ Fashion, S. B. _fassin_.

_Complaynt S._

FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a deep red colour.

_Acts Ja. VI._

FASTRINGIS-EWYN, _s._ The evening preceding the first day of the Fast of Lent. _Fasterns-een_, S.

_Barbour._

Belg. _Vastenavond_, id.

FATHERBETTER, _adj._ Surpassing one's father, S. B.

_Baillie._

Isl. _faudrbetringr_, id.

FATHER-BROTHER, _s._ A paternal uncle, S.

_Skene._

~Father-sister~, _s._ A paternal aunt.

_Id._

FATT'RILS, _s. pl._ Folds or puckerings, S. O.

_Burns._

O. Fr. _fatraille_, trumpery.

FAUCH, FAW, FEWE, _adj._ Pale red, fallow; dun, Aberd.

_Douglas._

A. S. _fah_, _fealg_, _fealh_, helvus.

_To_ FAUCH, FAUGH, _v. a._

1. To fallow ground, S.

_Statist. Acc._

2. To beat. _He faught him well_, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

Isl. _faag-a_, Su. G. _faei-a_, purgare.

~Fauch~, ~Faugh~, _adj._ Fallow, not sowed, S.

~Fauch~, ~Faugh~, _s._

1. A single furrow, from lea, Ang.

2. The land thus managed, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

3. Applied to the tearing of character, Ang.

FAUCHT, _pret._ Fought.

V. ~Fecht~.

FAUTE, FAWT.

V. ~Falt~.

FAUCUMTULIES, _s. pl._ Perquisites due by the tenant to the proprietor, Ang.

FAVELLIS, _pl._ Perhaps, savours.

_K. Hart._

FAULTOUR, _s._ A transgressor.

_Lyndsay._

FAUSE-HOUSE, _s._ A vacancy in a stack, for preserving corns, q. _false house_.

_Burns._

FAW, _adj._ Pale red.

V. ~Fauch~.

~Faw~, _adj._ Of diverse colours.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _fag_, _fah_, versicolor.

To FAW, FÁ, _v. a._

1. To obtain.

_Burns._

2. To have as one's lot, S.

_Popular Ball._

~Faw~, ~Fá~, _s._

1. Share, S.

_Ross._

2. Lot, chance, S.

_Burns._

FAW, FÁ, _s._ A fall, S.

_To_ ~Shak a Fá~, _s._

1. To wrestle, S.

_Ross._

2. To strain every nerve, S. B.

_Baillie._

~Faw-cap~, _s._ A stuffed cap for guarding a child's head from the bad effects of a fall, S. B.

FAW, _s._ A trap.

V. ~Fall~.

FAWELY, _adv._ Few in number.

_Wallace._

FAX, _s._ Face, visage.

_Douglas._

Isl. _fas_, conspectus, gestus.

FAZART, _adj._ Dastardly.

_Kennedy._

Su. G. _fasar_, horreo.

~Fazart~, _s._ A dastard.

_Montgomerie._

FE, FEE, FEY, FIE, _s._

1. Cattle.

_Barbour._

2. Small cattle, sheep or goats.

_Douglas._

3. Possessions, in general.

_Barbour._

4. Money.

_Wyntown._

5. Wages, S.

_Statist. Acc._

6. Hereditary property in land.

_Wyntown._

7. Hereditary succession.

_Barbour._

8. Absolute property, as distinguished from liferent, LL. S.

_Skene._

Isl. _fe_, Su. G. _fae_, A. S. _feo_, _pecus_, _pecunia_.

~Fear~, ~Fiar~, _s._

1. One to whom property belongs in reversion, S.

2. Connected with the term _conjunct_, a liferenter, S.

_Skene._

FEALE, _adj._ Faithful, loyal, O. Fr. _feal_.

_Bannatyne Poems._

FEATHER CLING, A disease of black cattle, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ FEBLE, _v. n._ To become weak.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Feblis~, _v. a._ To enfeeble.

Fr. _foiblesse_, weakness.

~Febling~, _s._ Weakness.

_Douglas._

_To_ FECHT, _v. a._

1. To fight; pret. _faucht_, _fawcht_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _feaht-an_, Germ. _fecht-an_, id.

2. To toil, S.

_Burns._

~Fecht~, ~Facht~, ~Faught~, _s._

1. Fight, S.

_Douglas._

2. Struggle, of whatever kind, S.

_Burns._

~Fechtar~, _s._ One engaged in fight, S.

A. S. _feohtere_, pugnator.

_Wallace._

FEGHIE-LEGHIE, _adj._ A contemptuous term, conjoining the ideas of insipidity, inactivity, and diminutive size, Aberd.

FECK, FEK, _s._

1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.

_Dunbar._

2. The greatest part, S.

_Wallace._

3. _Of feck_, of value.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _faec_, space, or Fr. _effect_.

~Feckful~, ~Feckfow~, _adj._

1. Wealthy, S. _Feckfow-like_ having the appearance of wealth, S.

2. Possessing bodily ability, S.

_Hamilton._

3. Powerful.

_Ramsay._

~Fecky~, _adj._ Gaudy, S. B.

_Ross._

~Feckless~, _adj._

1. Weak, applied to the body, S.

_Ross._

2. Feeble in mind.

_Polwart._

3. Spiritless, Ang.

~Feckly~, ~Fectlie~, _adv._

1. Partly, S.

_Watson._

2. Mostly, S.

_Ross._

_Fecklessness_, _s._ Feebleness, S.

_Rutherford._

FECKET, _s._ Under-waistcoat, S.

_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 passion, 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. _fée_, fatal.

~Feydom~, _s._ The state of being near death, or that conduct which is supposed to indicate it, S.

FEY, _s._

1. A fief, held of a superior.

_Barbour._

2. A kingdom; improperly.

_Wyntown._

FEY, _s._ A foe.

V. ~Fa~.

_Maitland Poems._

FEID, FEDE, _s._ Enmity; a quarrel, S.

_Wallace._

Isl. _faide_, _fed_, Su. G. _fegd_, A. S. _faehth_, E. _fewd_.

~Feidom~, _s._ Enmity.

_Evergreen._

FEIGH, FEECH, _interj._ Fy, S.

_Ramsay._

Alem. _fig-en_, A. S. _fi-an_, odisse.

FEYK, _s._ Restlessness, proceeding from nervous affection, the _fidgets_.

V. ~Fyke~.

_Polwart._

FEIL, FEILE, FEILL, FELE, _adj._ Many.

_Barbour._

Isl. _fiol_. pluralitas; A. S. _feala_, _fela_, many.

~Fell~, ~Fiel~, _adv._ Denoting degree, S. as, _fell weill_.

_Burns._

_To_ FEIL, _v. a._ To understand.

_Wallace._

~Feil~, ~Feille~, _s._ Knowledge.

_Dunbar._

FEIM, _s._ Foam.

V. ~Fame~.

FEIR, _s._ Demeanour.

_Bannatyne P._

~Feir~, ~Feare~ _of_ ~Were~, a warlike expedition.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _far-an_, proficisci, _fare_, expeditio.

FEYR. _In feyr_, in company.

V. ~Fere~.

FEYRD, fourth.

V. ~Ferd~.

FEIRIS, belongs.

_Houlate._

FEKIT, FYKIT, Troubled.

_Wallace._

FELCOUTH. L. _selcouth_, strange.

_Wallace._

_To_ FELL, _v. a._ To kill, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ FELL, _v. n._ To befal.

_Ross._

FELL, _adj._

1. Hot, biting, S.

_Burns._

2. Singular, strange, S.

3. Clever, mettlesome, S.

_Keith._

4. Acute, transferred to mind, S.

_To_ FELL, FELL OFF, _v. a._ To let out a net from a boat, S. B.

_Law Case._

Su. G. _faell-a_, dejicere, demittere.

FELL, _s._ A rocky hill, S.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _fiaell_, a ridge or chain of mountains.

FELL-BLOOM, _s._ Yellow clover, S.

FELL SYIS, _adv._ Often.

_Barbour._

FELLIN, _s._ A disease of cattle, S.

FELOUN, FELLOUN, _adj._

1. Fierce.

_Barbour._

2. Violent, dreadful.

_Douglas._

3. Denoting any thing extreme.

Fr. _felon_, _fellon_, fell, cruel.

_Wallace._

~Felony~, ~Felny~, _s._

1. Cruelty.

_Barbour._

2. Wrath, fierceness.

_Wyntown._

FELT, _s._ Creeping wheat-grass, S.

_Statist. Acc._

FELT, _s._ Perhaps the same with _fellin_.

_Watson._

_To_ FELTER, _v. a._ To entangle, S. B.

Fr. _feultrer_, to cover with _felt_.

_Ross._

FELT GRAVEL, the sandy gravel.

_Spotswood._

FELTIFARE, _s._ The red shank, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

FEN, _s._ Mud, filth. A. S. _fenn_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _fenn_, lutum, sordes, Moes. G. _fani_, lutum. Lat. _foen-um_.

_To_ FEN.

V. ~Fend~, _v._ 2.

_To_ FEND, _v. a._ To tempt.

V. ~Faynd~.

_Barbour._

_To_ FEND, FENDE, _v. a._

1. To defend, S. Fr. _de-fend-re_, id.

_Wallace._

2. To support.

_Minstr. Bord._

3. To provide for one's self.

_Rutherford._

_To_ FEND, FEN, _v. n._

1. To shift, S.

_Chron. S. P._

2. To fare in general, S.

~Fend~, ~Fen~, _s._ The shift one makes, S.

_Douglas._

~Fendie~, _adj._ Good at making shift, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

FENESTER, _s._ A window.

_Douglas._

FENT, _s._ An opening in a sleeve, shirt, coat, &c. S.

Fr. _fente_, id.

FER, _s._ Preparation.

V. ~Fayr~.

_Barbour._

FER, _adv._ Far.

_Douglas._

FERCOST, _s._ A bark.

V. ~Farcost~.

_Skene._

FERD, FEIRD, FEYRD, _adj._ Fourth.

Su. G. _fiaerde_, Isl. _fiorda_, id.

_Douglas._

FERD, _s._ Force.

V. ~Faird~.

_Baillie._

FERDE, _s._ An army.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _faerd_, id.

FERDELY, _adv._ Perh. actively.

_Wallace._

FERDER, _adv._ Farther.

_Douglas._

FERDY, FEIRDY, _adj._ Strong, active, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _faerdig_, paratus.

FERDLY, _adv._ Fearfully; Bord.

_Wallace._

FERE, _adj._ Fierce, Lat. _ferus_.

_K. Quair._

FERE, _s._ Appearance, shew.

V. ~Fair~.

FERE, FEER, _s._ A companion.

A. S. _ge-fera_, socius.

_Barbour._

_In fere_, together.

_Gawan and Gol._

_Yfere_, _yferis_, the same.

_Douglas._

FERE, FER, _adj._ Entire.

_Hale and fer_, whole and entire, S.

_Barbour._

Isl. _faer_, Su. G. _foer_, validus.

FERE ~of~ WEIR.

V. ~Feir~.

FERETERE, _s._ A bier.

_Douglas._

FERY, FEIRIE, FEERIE, _adj._ Vigorous, active, S.

_Douglas._

Germ. _ferig_, expeditus, alacer.

~Ferilie~, ~Feerelie~, _adv._ Cleverly, S.

_Lyndsay._

FERIAT, _adj._ _Feriat times_, holidays.

_Acts Sedt._

Lat. _feriati dies_; _feriae_, holidays.

FERIE-FARIE, _s._ Bustle.

V. ~Fary~.

FERIS, _v. n._ Becomes.

V. ~Afferis~.

_Douglas._

FERYS, _s. pl._ Marks.

V. ~Fair~.

_Douglas._

FERYT, FERRYIT, _pret. v._ Farrowed.

Sw. _faerria_, porcellos parere.

_Barbour._

FERYT, _pret. v._ Waxed.

_Wallace._

FERITIE, _s._ Violence.

_Bp. Forbes._

FERLIE, FERELY, FARLIE, _s._ A wonder, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _faerlic_, _ferlic_, repentinus; also, horrendus.

_To_ ~Ferly~, _v. n._ To wonder.

_Douglas._

~Ferlyfull~, _adj._ Surprising.

_Barbour._

FERLYST, L. _Terlyst_.

_Wallace._

_To_ FERME, _v. a._ To make firm.

_Doug._

_To_ FERME, _v. a._ To shut up.

Fr. _ferm-er_.

_Douglas._

FERME, _s._ Rent, Fr.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Fermorer~, _s._ A farmer. L. B. _firmar-ius_.

_Knox._

FERN, FEARN, _s._ Prepared gut. S. _tharm_, E.

_Gl. Sibb._

FERNITICKLES, _s. pl._ Freckles, S.

Dan. _fregne_, id.

~Fernitickled~, ~Fairntickl'd~, _adj._ Freckled, S.

_Ritson._

FERNYEAR, FARNE-YEIR, _s._ The preceding year, S.

_L. Hailes._

A. S. _faren_, past; or Moes. G. _fairni_, old.

~Fernyear's Tale~, a fabrication.

_Sir Egeir._

S. _fernyears news_, any intelligence that has been known long ago.

FERRARIS, _s. pl._ _Barell ferraris_, casks for carrying liquids.

_Barbour._

Fr. _ferriére_, a large leathern bottle.

FERRY COW, a cow that is not with calf, S.

Belg. _vare koe_, a cow that yields no more milk.

FERRYAR, FERREAR, _s._ A ferryman.

_Acts Ja. I._

_Douglas._

FERS. _On fers._ Perforce.

_Henrysone._

FERSIE, _s._ The farcy, S.

_Ferguson._

FERTER-LIKE, _adj._ Appearing ready for the bier or coffin, Aberd.

V. ~Fertour~.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

FERTOUR, FERTOR, _s._ A little chest.

_Bellenden._

L. B. _feretrum_, a sarcophagus; whence O. Fr. _fiertre_, a chest in which reliques of saints were kept.

_To_ FEST, _v. a._

1. To fix.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _faesta_, to fasten.

2. To confirm, by promise or oath.

_Wallace._

_To_ ~Fessin~, _v. a._ To fasten.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

~Festnyng~, _s._ Confirmation.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _faestnung_, id.

_To_ FETYL, _v. n._ To join closely.

Su. G. _faetil_, ligamen.

_Wyntown._

FETTIL, FETTLE, _s._ Energy, power, S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ FETTLE, _v. a._ To tie up, S.

FETTLE, _adj._

1. Neat, tight, S. B.

2. Low in stature, but well-knit, S. B.

FETOUS, _adj._ Neat, trim.

_Ruddiman._

~Fetusly~, _adv._ Featly.

_Douglas._

_To_ FEUCH, FEUGH, _s._ To take a whiff, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

Isl. _fiuk-a_, vento agitari.

~Feuch~, _s._ A whiff, S. B.

FEUCH, _s._ A sounding blow, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

FEVERFOULLIE, _s._ Feverfew, S.

_Featherwheelie_, S. B.

FEVER-LARGIE, _s._ Expl. Two stomachs to eat, and one to work.

FEU, FEW, _s._ A possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent. The mode of possession is also called _few-ferme_, the rent _few-dutie_, or _few-maill_, S.

A. S. _feo_, pecunia.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Feuar~, ~Fewar~, _s._ One who holds lands in feu, S.

FEURE, _s._ Furrow.

V. ~Fur~.

FEWE, _adj._ Fallow.

V. ~Fauch~.

FEWLUME, _s._ A sparrow hawk.

_Doug._

FEWS, FOUETS, _s. pl._ Houseleek.

FEWTÉ, _s._ Fealty. Fr. _feauté_.

_Barbour._

_To_ FEWTER, FUTER, _v. a._ To lock together.

_Douglas._

Isl. _fiaetr-a_, compedibus constringere.

FEWTIR, _s._ Rage.

_Wallace._

Isl. _fudra_, efflagro.

FIAL, FIALL, _s._

1. One who receives wages.

_Spalding._

2. A vassal.

O. Fr. _feal_, id.

_Knox._

FIARS, _s. pl._ The prices of grain legally fixed for the year, S.

Fr. _feur_, estimatio venalium; or Isl. _fiar_, _fear_, the genit. of _fe_, _fie_, pecunia, opes.

FICHE, _s._ A fish.

_Burel._

FICHYT, _part. pa._ Fixed.

_Barbour._

FYCHYT, _pret._ Fetched.

_Wyntown._

_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 multitude.

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, pron. _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._

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, factitare.

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 pronounce 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._

FILLOK, FILLY, _s._

1. A young mare, S.

2. A giddy young woman.

_Douglas._

3. _Filly_, a frothy young man.

_Bannatyne P._

Isl. _foelja_, fem. of _fil_, pullus equinus.

FILSCH, _adj._ Empty, faint, Loth.

FILSCH, _s._ Weeds or grass covering the ground, S. B.

Su. G. _fel-a_, _fial-a_, to cover.

~Filschy~, _adj._ Applied to a sheaf when swelled up with weeds or natural grass, S. B.

FIN, _s._ Humour; q. fun.

_Gl. Shirr._

_To_ FIND, _v. a._

1. To feel, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To grope, to grubble, S.

FINDY, _adj._ Full, substantial; q. what _finds_ or supports.

_Kelly._

FINDLE, _s._

1. Any thing found, S.

2. The act of finding, S. B.

A. S. _fyndele_, adinventio.

FINDSILY, _adj._ Apt to find.

_Kelly._

A. S. _find-an_, and _saelig_, felix.

_To_ FINE, FYNE, _v. n._ To make an end.

_Wyntown._

FINGER-FED, _adj._ Delicately brought up, S. A.

FINGERIN, _s._ Worsted spun of combed wool, on the small wheel, S.

_Colvil._

~Fingroms~, _s. pl._ Woollen cloth, denominated, as would seem, from the quality of the worsted, Aberd.

_Statist. Acc._

FYNYST, _part. pa._ Bounded.

_Douglas._

FYNKLE, _s._ Fennel.

_S. P. Repr._

Lat. _foenicul-um_.

FINNACK, FINNOC, FINNER, A white trout, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _feannog_, id.

FINNER, _s._ A species of whale.

_St. Acc._

FINNIE, _s._ A salmon not a year old, S. B.

FINNIN, _s._ A fiend, Ang.

_Pitscottie._

Su. G. _fanen_, _fianden_, _fanden_; cacodaemon.

FINNISON, _s._ Anxious expectation, Fifes. Teut. _vinnigh_, acer, vehemens.

_To_ FIPPIL, _v. n._ To whimper.

_Peblis Play._