1. To be in a restless state, without change of place, S.

_Cleland._

2. To move from place to place unsteadily, S.

_Burel._

3. To be at trouble about any thing, S.

Su. G. _fik-a_, cursitare; _fiack-a_, hunc illuc vagari.

_To_ ~Fike~, ~Feik~, _v. a._

1. To vex, to perplex, S.

2. To do any thing in a diligent but piddling way, S.

_Kelly._

~Fike~, ~Fyke~, _s._

1. Bustle about what is trifling, S.

_Hamilton._

2. Restlessness, from whatever cause.

_Ramsay._

~Fikie~, _adj._ Minutely troublesome, S.

~Fikefacks~, _s. pl._

1. Minute pieces of work, causing considerable trouble, S.

2. Little troublesome peculiarities of temper, S.

Teut. _fickfack-en_, agitare, fact.i.tare.

FILCHANS, _s. pl._ Rags patched or fastened together, Ang.

_To_ FYLE, FILE, _v. a._

1. To defile, S.

A. S. _ge-fyl-an_, id.

_Douglas._

2. To diffuse contagion.

_Acts Ja. II._

3. To sully, used in a moral sense.

_Douglas._

4. To accuse, a law term.

_Fountainhall._

5. To p.r.o.nounce guilty, S.

_Reg. Maj._

FYLE, _s._ A fowl.

_Houlate._

FILIBEG, PHILIBEG, FEIL-BEG, _s._ A piece of dress worn by men, in the Highlands, instead of breeches, S.

Gael. _filleadh-beg_; _filleadh_ fold, and _beg_, little.

_Boswell._

FILL, _s._ Full, S.

Su. G. _fylle_.

_K. Quair._

FILLAT, FILLET, _s._ The flank.

Fr. _filet_, id.

_Douglas._

FILLER, _s._ The only term used for a funnel, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

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