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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FAUGH, adj. Pale, faint (of colour); faded, yellowed. In comb. faugh-blue, bleached blue (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 202) and deriv. faughish, palish (gray).Rxb. 1828 J. Telfer in Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. (1922) 37:
Just as it begoud to get faughish derk, my faither chanced to look along the lea.

[O.Sc. fauch, pale brown or yellow, 1513. See Fauchie, adj.1]

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