Fr. _foiblesse_, weakness.

~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.

f.e.c.k, FEK, _s._

1. A term denoting, both s.p.a.ce and quant.i.ty or number, S.

_Dunbar._

2. The greatest part, S.

_Wallace._

3. _Of f.e.c.k_, of value.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _faec_, s.p.a.ce, or Fr. _effect_.

~f.e.c.kful~, ~f.e.c.kfow~, _adj._

1. Wealthy, S. _f.e.c.kfow-like_ having the appearance of wealth, S.

2. Possessing bodily ability, S.

_Hamilton._

3. Powerful.

_Ramsay._

~f.e.c.ky~, _adj._ Gaudy, S. B.

_Ross._

~f.e.c.kless~, _adj._

1. Weak, applied to the body, S.

_Ross._

2. Feeble in mind.

_Polwart._

3. Spiritless, Ang.

~f.e.c.kly~, ~Fectlie~, _adv._

1. Partly, S.

_Watson._

2. Mostly, S.

_Ross._

_f.e.c.klessness_, _s._ Feebleness, S.

_Rutherford._

f.e.c.kET, _s._ Under-waistcoat, S.