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

FERRY COW, a cow that is not with calf, S.

Belg. vare koe, a cow that yields no more milk.

FERRYAR, FERREAR, s. A ferryman.
Acts Ja. I.
Douglas.

FERS. On fers. Perforce.
Henrysone.

FERSIE, s. The farcy, S.
Ferguson.

FERTER-LIKE, adj. Appearing ready for the bier or coffin, Aberd.
V. [Fertour].
Poems Buchan Dial.

FERTOUR, FERTOR, s. A little chest.
Bellenden.

L. B. feretrum, a sarcophagus; whence O. Fr. fiertre, a chest in which reliques of saints were kept.

To FEST, v. a.
1. To fix.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. faesta, to fasten.