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

Apparently the same with [Whigmaleerie], q. v.

To FIKE, FYKE, FEIK, v. n.
1. To be in a restless state, without change of place, S.
Cleland.
2. To move from place to place unsteadily, S.
Burel.
3. To be at trouble about any thing, S.

Su. G. fik-a, cursitare; fiack-a, hunc illuc vagari.

To Fike, Feik, v. a.
1. To vex, to perplex, S.
2. To do any thing in a diligent but piddling way, S.
Kelly.

Fike, Fyke, s.
1. Bustle about what is trifling, S.
Hamilton.
2. Restlessness, from whatever cause.
Ramsay.

Fikie, adj. Minutely troublesome, S.

Fikefacks, s. pl.
1. Minute pieces of work, causing considerable trouble, S.
2. Little troublesome peculiarities of temper, S.

Teut. fickfack-en, agitare, factitare.

FILCHANS, s. pl. Rags patched or fastened together, Ang.

To FYLE, FILE, v. a.
1. To defile, S.