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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.
