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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fauch, a.2 [Northern e.m.E. faugh (1688; mod. dial. fauf), f. Fauch n.] Of land: Left untilled or not cropped; fallow. 1570 Sat. P. xii. 59.
In beir seid tyme ȝour burrow rudis ly fauch a1578 Pitsc. II. 99/14.
It was in fauch land quhair they movit for the tyme 1624 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 143.
Aucht or nyne ȝeiris syne, in fauchland tyme 1659 Hay Diary 128.
He should teill als much fauch land … as James Litell had done
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