Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FIERCIE, n. Also feircy. Sc. variants of Eng. farcy, the disease of horses.Fif. c.1700 P. Birnie in Sc. Songs (ed. Whitelaw) 128:
She hed the fiercie and the fleuk.Sc. 1713 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1842) I. 519:
Censuring them is but fire for the feircy, and will probably stumble more.wm.Sc. 1837 in Laird of Logan (1868) 539:
Every one was louder than anither, and a' crushing to be foremost, while the tailors' elbows were flying as if they had the fiercie.
