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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Fuks(c)heit, n. [Fuk n.] The sheet of a foresail; a foresheet. — a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi. 32.
Haill on the fukscheit and the blind a1568 Bannatyne MS 210 b.
Cast lous the fuksheit, the bonnet and the blind
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"Fuksheit n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/fukscheit>
