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._