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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.
f.e.c.k, FEK, _s._
1. A term denoting, both s.p.a.ce and quant.i.ty or number, S.
_Dunbar._
2. The greatest part, S.
_Wallace._
3. _Of f.e.c.k_, of value.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _faec_, s.p.a.ce, or Fr. _effect_.
~f.e.c.kful~, ~f.e.c.kfow~, _adj._
1. Wealthy, S. _f.e.c.kfow-like_ having the appearance of wealth, S.
2. Possessing bodily ability, S.
_Hamilton._
3. Powerful.
_Ramsay._
~f.e.c.ky~, _adj._ Gaudy, S. B.
_Ross._
~f.e.c.kless~, _adj._
1. Weak, applied to the body, S.
_Ross._
2. Feeble in mind.
_Polwart._
3. Spiritless, Ang.
~f.e.c.kly~, ~Fectlie~, _adv._
1. Partly, S.
_Watson._
2. Mostly, S.
_Ross._
_f.e.c.klessness_, _s._ Feebleness, S.
_Rutherford._
f.e.c.kET, _s._ Under-waistcoat, S.
