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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1764
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FEN, n. Sc. form of Eng. vane, a weather-cock.Rxb. 1764 J. J. Vernon Par. Hawick (1900) 212:
The wind-pointer, fen, and hands in church steeple.
[Cf. Mid.Eng. fane, O.E. fana. The St. Eng. form is from Southern dial.]
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