An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To FAIK, FAICK, v. n. To fail, S. B.

Su. G. wik-a, cedere.

Ross.

To FAIK, v. n. To stop, S. B.
Ross.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, s.
1. Any grassy part of the surface of the ground.
Doug.
2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward, S.
Bellenden.

Su. G. wall, (pron. vall), sward.

Fail-dyke, s. A wall built of sods, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

To FAILE, v. n.
1. To fail.
2. To be in want of any thing.
Barbour.

Failyie, Faylyhé, s.
1. Failure.
Act Sedt.
2. Legal subjection to a penalty.
Spalding.
3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S.

To FAYND, FAND, v. a.
1. To tempt.
Wyntown.
2. To put to trial.
Sir Tristrem.
3. To endeavour.
Barbour.