An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 280 : FAS, _s._ Hair. A. S. _feax_, id. _Douglas._ _To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._ 1. To trouble,

FAS, _s._ Hair.

A. S. _feax_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._

1. To trouble, applied to the body, S.

_Baillie._

2. Denoting what pains the mind.

_Baillie._

3. To molest, in a general sense, S.

_Evergreen._

_To fash one's thumb_, to give one's self trouble, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Fasch~, _v. n._

1. To take trouble, S.

2. To be weary of, S.

_Chron. S. P._

3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's self to trouble, S.

Fr. _se fach-er_, to grieve; Su. G. _faas widen_, tangere aliquem, _to fash with_, S.

~Fasch~, ~Fash~, _s._

1. Trouble, S.

_Burns._

2. Pains taken about any thing, S.

3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.

~Fascheous~, ~Fas.h.i.+ous~, _adj._ Troublesome.

Fr. _facheux_, _facheuse_, id.

_Baillie._

~Facherie~, Fr. ~Fashrie~, _s._ Trouble, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Fa.s.sE, _s._ A hair.

_S. P. Repr._

Fa.s.sON, _s._ Fas.h.i.+on, S. B. _fa.s.sin_.

_Complaynt S._

FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a deep red colour.

_Acts Ja. VI._

FASTRINGIS-EWYN, _s._ The evening preceding the first day of the Fast of Lent. _Fasterns-een_, S.

_Barbour._

Belg. _Vastenavond_, id.

FATHERBETTER, _adj._ Surpa.s.sing one's father, S. B.

_Baillie._

Isl. _faudrbetringr_, id.

FATHER-BROTHER, _s._ A paternal uncle, S.

_Skene._

~Father-sister~, _s._ A paternal aunt.

_Id._

FATT'RILS, _s. pl._ Folds or puckerings, S. O.

_Burns._