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.
FECK, FEK, _s._
1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.
_Dunbar._
2. The greatest part, S.
_Wallace._
3. _Of feck_, of value.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _faec_, space, or Fr. _effect_.
~Feckful~, ~Feckfow~, _adj._
1. Wealthy, S. _Feckfow-like_ having the appearance of wealth, S.
2. Possessing bodily ability, S.
_Hamilton._
3. Powerful.
_Ramsay._
~Fecky~, _adj._ Gaudy, S. B.
_Ross._
~Feckless~, _adj._
1. Weak, applied to the body, S.
_Ross._
2. Feeble in mind.
_Polwart._
3. Spiritless, Ang.
~Feckly~, ~Fectlie~, _adv._
1. Partly, S.
_Watson._
2. Mostly, S.
_Ross._
_Fecklessness_, _s._ Feebleness, S.
_Rutherford._
FECKET, _s._ Under-waistcoat, S.