An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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 gra.s.s 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 gra.s.s, S. B.
FIN, _s._ Humour; q. fun.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
_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._
