Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1818-1931, 2000
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FEESICK, n., v. Also feesik, feezik, pheesic(k). Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. physic, (to dose with) medicine. See P.L.D. §45.Sc. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage I. ix.:
Hur wad na' tak' the feesick that the leddie ordered hur yestreen.Ayr. 1845 Ayrshire Wreath 57:
I'll hae to feesik you out o' thae whim-whams.Bnff. 1881 W. M. Philip K. MacIntosh's Scholars 153:
Fat would else be a halesome pheesic to oor souls, will only be poosion to them.Fif. 1887 “S. Tytler” Logie Town II. xi.:
A change will do me gude, and set me up mair than a' Dr Hepburn's pheesic.Abd.4 1931:
“Nae sae muckle 's feesick a snipe” — said in ridicule over a small bit of eatables.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 58:
Ither weel-meanin bodies
Jump oot frae ahin the curtains
Wi a speenfu o English pheesic
Tae purge the Scots spikker
O aa orra idioms,
Aa non-standard spikks
An Tom Leonard winnerfu wordies.
