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

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.

FECK, FEK, s.
1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.
Dunbar.
2. The greatest part, S.
Wallace.
3. Of feck, of value.
Montgomerie.