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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

FAIGH, adj. ? Good, plentiful.Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii. 68:
An dan da tow cam an' a bonnie brail o sun, an he had a faigh crap efter a'.

[Phs. for fey-crap, s.v. Fey, 4. (2), without the connotation of approaching doom. The word is not known to our Ork. correspondents.]

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