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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FAUCHT, n. Also facht, fyaacht, †faught, †fought (Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 168). A fight, struggle, trouble, exertion (wm.Sc., Dmf. 1950).Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 80:
A Gilpy that had seen the Faught.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 75:
Yet fearfu' aften o' their maught, They quat the glory o' the faught.Ayr. 1794 Burns Contented wi' little ii.:
Man is a sodger, and life is a faught.Lnk. 1862 D. Wingate Poems 67:
Wi' facht up in my arms I got him And warsled wi' him to the bottom.Dmb. 1898 J. M. Slimmon Dead Planet 67:
The weary facht and habble That we workin' bodies ha'e.w.Dmf. 1912 A. Anderson Later Poems 2:
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht. Wi' muckle faucht an' din.Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 2:
Oh, sair is the faught o' a plooman's wife.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20:
Byeuks an learnin took me i the eyn.
Amid the big toons' fyaacht an dirdumdree ...