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42 THE DIALECT OF Emangy t. e, ' amang/ or among. The e aoond in this word is some- times very distinctiy heard. [Ot A.S. gemang.-^Yf, W. S.] Etten, the pronunciation of eaten. Ever, pronounced iwer. Faal, the pronunciation of foul, which word usually means ugly rather than dirty. See AUys. [Of. G. /au^.— W. W. S.] Faan, or Fan, the pronunciation ot found; past tense of to find. The latter fopn is the hetter. Fadge, a bundle of doth, wool, &c., fitted into a pack-sheet, and £Ei8tened with skewers, usually four inches long. The word not much used now. Halliwell says 'a bundle, or f&goV When cloth was packed in this way it was arranged in long cuttles^ fitted within the sheet, which was then skewered up with pa/ckprick%^ made of wood. Four or five such pieces in one fadge were placed across a horse, and tied round the animal with a rope called a wantey. Fageing, or Fagey (gl, faij'ing, faij*i), deceiving ; flattering; soft- sawdering. I have heard tlxis word used, but only as an adjective. Faigh, or Feigh (pronounced fay-ee^ almost as two syllables), rubbish above the stone in a quarry ; also in digging for the founda- tion of a house they take the faigh out Faigh, vh. When digging for the walls they say, * They oxefaighing the groundwork for a bmlding.' [The original word means < to clean.' SeeFauf.— W. W. 8.] Faigh in, vb. ' To faigh tn ' is to scatter the droppings of animals over a field. in, glad. This word occurs in Ps. IxxL 21 (Praver-Book Ver- sion) : * My lips wiU be fain when I sing imto tbee. The present rea(ung is, ' My lips shall matly rejoice ; * and the Latin version, 'Exsultabunt labia mea.' It occurs also in CJievy Chace, Fytte ii L 66: ' These worthy firekis for to fight Thereto they were full /atn.* And in the Toumeley Mgtteriea, < Lazarus ' : ' Martha, Martha, thou mav be fayn Thi brothere Lazarus shall rise and lif agayn.' In St. Luke zv. 16 tt ft^used adverbially. False, very common in the sense of cunning or intelligent. As far as my own knowledge extends, it is used chiefiy in respect to animals, young children, &c., and it indicates a high appreciation of thoir