An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 274 : _To_ FAILE, _v. n._ 1. To fail. 2. To be in want of any thing. _Barbour._ ~Failyie~, ~

_To_ FAILE, _v. n._

1. To fail.

2. To be in want of any thing.

_Barbour._

~Failyie~, ~Faylyhe~, _s._

1. Failure.

_Act Sedt._

2. Legal subjection to a penalty.

_Spalding._

3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S.

_To_ FAYND, FAND, _v. a._

1. To tempt.

_Wyntown._

2. To put to trial.

_Sir Tristrem._

3. To endeavour.

_Barbour._

A. S. _fand-ian_, tentare.

_To_ FAYND, _v. n._ To s.h.i.+ft.

V. ~Fend~.

_Wallace._

FAYNDING, _s._ Perhaps, guile.

_Barbour._

FAINY, _adv._ Not understood.

_Houlate._

FAINTICE, _s._ Dissembling.

_Barbour._

Fr. _faintise_.

FAIPLE, _s._ _To hang the faiple_, to be chopfallen, S.

_A. Scott._

FAIR, _adj._ Calm, Orkney.

FAIR, FERE, FEYR, _s._ Appearance.

A. S. _feorh_, vultus.

_Douglas._

FAIR, FAYR, FAR, _s._

1. Solemn preparation.

_Barbour._

2. Funeral solemnity.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _feyr-en_, to celebrate.

FAIR, _s._ Affair.

_Priests of Peblis._

FAYR, _adj._ Proper.

_Barbour._