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feak, feekerie, feekery, feek-fike, feeky, feik, feikerie, feik-fak, feikit, feiks, feiky, fick-feck, fickie-fickie, fiddle-fike, fiddle-fyke, fiddle-ma-fike, fiddle-ma-fyke, fig, fik, fike, fikerie, fikery, fikes, fiket, fikey, fikie, fikit, fiky, fix-fax, fixflax, fyaach, fyk, fykan, fyke, fyke-fack, fykerie, fykery, fykes, fykes-facks, fykey, fykie, fykin, fykit, fykitt, fyks, fyky,
fyke [fəik, I.Sh. fik]
n. A fuss, bustle, commotion, excitement, bother.
pl. fykes The itch, the fidgets, petty cares.
dim. fykie A tricky task.
v. To move about restlessly, to fidget, from discomfort, itch, excitement, etc. To exert oneself, work laboriously, to bother, take trouble or pains. To bustle about in a trifling sort of way or over trifles, to fiddle, to make a fuss or bother about nothing very much
pt. pp. fykit adj. Fussed, fidgety, anxious or troubled, vexed, restless.
 
fykie [fəikɪ]
adj. Fussy, restless, fidgety, exacting, fastidious, tricky, requiring care and trouble.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fykerie [ˈfəikəri]: Fuss, fastidiousness over trifles.
fykes-facks [fəiks faks, fɪks faks]: A fiddling, finicking or tedious piece of work. Gristle in meat.
fiddle-fyke: A complete trifler.
fiddle-ma-fyke: A fussy punctilious person.
befyle, feile, feiles, file, filed, filt, fyl$d, fyl$t, fyle, fyled, fylement, fyles, fylt,
fyle [fəil]
v. To foul, soil, dirty.
pt. pp. fylt adj. Soiled, dirtied.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
befyle [bəˈ-]: To soil, to defile.
fylement: Obloquy, slander, defamation.
fiorin, fjora, fjorin, fyorin,
fyorin [I.Sh. ˈfjɔrɪn]
n. The ebb-shore, the foreshore.
fee-oun, fyoun, fyown,
fyown [fjaun]
adj. NN.a. Weak, faint, squeemish.
 
From Gaelic fann

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