Part 20
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._
FIPILLIS.
_Maitland Poems._
Isl. _fipla_, attrectare.
FIR, _adv._ Far.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ FIRE, _v. a._ To bake bread, S.
_J. Nicol._
FYREFANGIT, _part. pa._
1. Laid hold of by fire.
_Douglas._
2. Applied to cheese when swelled and cracked, from being exposed to much heat before it has been dried, S.
FIREFLAUCHT, FYIRSLAUCHT, _s._ Lightning, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _vier_, ignis, and _vlack-en_, spargere flammam; _vierslaen_, excutere ignem.
FYRIT, _pret. v._ Perh. dragged.
_Bellenden._
FIRLOT, FYRLOT, FURLET, _s._ The fourth part of a boll of corn, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _feorth_, and _lot_, quarta portio.
FIRRON, FARREN, _adj._ Belonging to the fir.
_Douglas._
FIRTH, _s._
1. An estuary, S.
_Bellenden._
2. A bay.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _fiaerd_, Isl. _fiord-r_, fretum.
FIRTH, FYRTH, _s._ A sheltered place, an inclosure.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _frith-ian_, tueri, protegere.
_To_ FISSLE, _v. n._ To make a slight continued noise, to rustle, S.
Teut. _futsel-en_, agitare, factitare, attrectare.
~Fissle~, ~Fistle~, _s._ Bustle, fuss, S.
_Ross._
FIT, _s._ Foot, S.
_Ferguson._
~First-fit~, _s._ The name given, in the calendar of superstition, to the person who _first_ enters a house, on any day which is particularly regarded as influencing the fate of a family, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Fitsted~, _s._ Print of the foot, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Fitty~, ~Futty~, _adj._ Expeditious, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Fittie-lan'~, _s._ The nearer horse of the hindmost pair in a plough, S. q. _foot the land_.
_Burns._
~Fitting~, _s._ Footing, S.
_Z. Boyd._
~Fittininment~, _s._ Interest, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ ~Fitter~, _v. a._
1. To injure by frequent treading, S.
2. _v. n._ To make a noise with the feet, S.
Belg. _voeteer-en_, to foot it.
~Fitterin~, _s._ The noise made by frequent and rapid motion of the feet, S.
_To_ FITCH, _v. n._ To move by slow succussations, S.
FITHOWE, FITHAWE, _s._ A polecat.
_Acts Ja. I._
FYVESUM, _adj._ Five together, S. A.
FIXFAX, _s._ The tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep, S.
FIXFAX, _s._ Hurry, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _fiks_, alacer.
_To_ FIZZ, _v. n._ To make a hissing noise, S.
Isl. _fys-a_, sufflare.
_Burns._
~Fizz~, ~Fize~, _s._ A hissing noise, S.
_To_ FIZZ, FIZZ _about_, _v. n._
1. To be in a bustling state, S.
2. To be in a rage, S.
A. S. _fys-an_, festinare; Isl. _fys-a_, instigare.
~Fizz~, _s._
1. A great bustle, S.
Su. G. _fias_, id.
2. Rage, heat of temper, S.
FLA, _s._ A flea.
A. S. id.