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_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 pa.s.sion, 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. _fee_, fatal.
