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fack, facklins, feck, feckfou, feckfu, feckfu$, feckful, feckless, fecklessness, fecklie, fecklins, fecklish, feckly, fek, the_feck, weel-fecked, weel-feckit,
feck [fɛk]
n. A large amount, period, quantity, number or portion of.
v. To shape, fashion, make, to contrive.
 
feckly
adv. Mostly, for the most part, almost.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feckfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Powerful.
feckless: Weak, incompetent, ineffectual, lacking in energy or will.
fecklessness: Incompetence.
fecklins [-lɪnz]: Partly, nearly, for the most part.
the feck: The majority, the bulk, the greater part or number.
weel-feckit: SW. Well-to-do.
fecket, ficket,
fecket [fɛkət]
n. An under waistcoat.
fadmal, fedmel, fedmill,
fedmel [I.Sh. fɛdməl]
n. A fat clumsy woman.
fee, fee$d, fee$t, feed, feein, feein-fair, fees, fey, feyd, feys, fie, fied, fies, hairst-fee, pennie-fee, penny-fee, stable-fee,
fee [fiː, S. fəi]
n. A servant's wages, especially when paid half-yearly or for specific services, as in harvest, etc. An engagement as a servant. pl. fees.
v. To hire as a servant, to engage. To accept an engagement as a servant, to hire oneself.
pt. pp. fee'd adj. Engaged as servant or farm worker.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feein-fair: A hiring fair for farm servants
hairst-fee: The wage paid to a worker engaged for the harvest. Orkney: a piece of arable ground held by a cottar in return for his harvest services to the tenant-farmer.
mair o fee: An officer of justice holding office by hereditary right.
penny-fee: Small wages.
stable-fee: A payment or gratuity given for stabling a horse.
feeb, fib,
feeb [fib]
n. A fib, an untruth.
v. To fib, tell an untruth.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feebin: Fibbing.
feeber, feebre, feebre, feiber, fibre, fieber,
feebre [ˈfibər]
n. Fibre.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feebrous: Fibrous.
fech, feech, feechee, feechie, feechy, feegh, feich, feichie, feichy, feigh, feuch, feuchie, feugh, fich, fiechie, foof, fouchie, fyach, fych,
feech [fiç]
also feuch [fɪç, fjux]
int. An exclamation of disgust at a foul smell, pain, impatience or disappointment.
 
feechie [ˈfiːçi, ˈfɪçi], feuchie [ˈfɪçi, ˈfjuxi]
adj. Foul, dirty, disgusting, rainy, puddly.
fed, feed, feeder, feedin, feid,
feed [fid]
n. Food for animals.
v. To feed. To pasture or fatten animals.
pt. pp. fed [fɛd]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feeder: A fattened ox for market.
feedin: Feeding. Used to describe weather or storms which grow in intensity and add to what has gone before.
feef, feefle, feeflike, feif, fief, fieflike,
feef [fif]
n. A whiff or puff, usually of an unpleasant smell.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
feefle: I. Describing snow as it swirls round a corner.
feeflike: Malodorous.
feeflan, feefle, feeflin, feefly,
feefle [I. ˈfifəl]
v. To work in a clumsy or foolish manner. To act foolishly.
 
feefly
adj. Infirm, feeble, clumsy.

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