Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1768-1924
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FECKLY, adv. Also fecklies, †fecklie, †fectlie. Mostly, for the most part; almost (ne.Sc., Ags. 1951). Also in n.Eng. dial. A superl. maist feckly is sometimes found.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 15:
The water fecklie on a level slade Wi little dinn.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 87:
Auld age maist feckly glowrs right dour Upo' the ailings o' the poor.Ayr. 1786 Burns Inventory 29:
Three carts, an' twa are feckly new.Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan II. vii.:
The fowk were feckly black.Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 321:
The kingdom o' Prooshia is feckly made up o' stowen whangs fae Polan' an' ither states.Knr. 1891 “H. Haliburton” Ochil Idylls 90:
Nae doot it's feckly wrang to lee.Ags. 1897 F. McKenzie Northern Pine 49:
That kind's fecklies gilt.Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 41:
Men feckly see their neepers throwe their wives' specs.
