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

FAMOUS, adj. Of good character.

Fr. fameux, of much credit.

Wodrow.

To FAND, v. a. To try.
V. [Faynd].

FAND, pret. v. Found, S.
Hudson.

To FANE, v. a. To protect.
Dunbar.

FANE, In fane, fondly.
Gawan and Gol.

FANG, s.
1. Capture.
Wallace.
2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.
Morison.
With the fang, having in possession, LL. S.
3. In pl., claws or talons, S.
4. The bend of a rope.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. fang, Teut. vanghe, captura, captus.

To FANK, FANKLE, v. a. To entangle, especially by knots, S.
Henrysone.