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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FEUACH, n. Also feuich, fewich. A very short, light crop of grain or grass (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff., feuach; Bnff.², Abd.²⁷ 1946). Humorously, of thin, sparse hair (Mry.¹ 1916). Adj. feuichy, sparse, spindly, pithless, of crops. [′fjuəç]ne.Sc. 1909 in G. Greig Folk-Song xlix.:
Oh Bogie's howes are cauld and bare, There grows nae girse but feuich there.Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS.:
The crap a' grew on the crown o' the rig there bein' little bit fewich fan ye cam the wye o' the furs.Bnff.² 1928:
It's a peer placie, an grows naething bit feuichy, fenless craps.