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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FAUCHIE, adj.¹ Also fyauchy; fya(a)chie; †feachy (Mry. 1911 Trans. Bnff. Field Club 108). Pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour (Inv., Mry., ne.Sc., Ags. 1950); of persons, pasty-faced, sickly-looking (Ib.); of liquids, pale, colourless (Abd.²⁷ 1950). Also fig. stagnant, stale. Cf. Faugh. Freq. in comb. f(y)auchie-din, id. (ne.Sc. 1950). See Din, adj. [′f(j)ɑ:xe]Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 67:
The fyauchy grey breeks o' Tam Toshach danced afore her een.Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 24:
Fae the sicht o' the fauchie fite-faced croods An' the kirn o' the toon's mineer.Abd. 1993:
At corn's a fyaachie kinna colour inoo. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 3:
Fur yon hid steekit her weird-single dother, she wis ay the ane gart bide at hame, tae turn as fooshty an fyachie's the mill-puil ower bi Clashmore, that niver ran naewye bit ay bedd in the ae place, growin greener an glaurier an dubbier an cloortier ilkie year, till e'en the puddocks tuik scunner at it ...