10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORFOUGHEN»
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forfoughen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
forfoughen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ballad Minstrelsy of Scotland: Romantic and Historical. ...
For it 's nae man that I'm used like ; I am but like a forfoughen f hound, Has been
fighting in a dirty syke." 29 They ha'e had him up through Carlisle town, And set
him by the chimney fire; They gave brave Noble a loaf to eat, And that was! ittle ...
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The Book of Scottish Ballads, Etc
Fy on ye, women! why ca' ye me man 9 For it's nae man that I'm used like; I am
but like a forfoughen * hound, Has been fighting in a dirty syke."f They ha'e had
him up thro' Carlisle town, And set him by the chimney fire ; They gave brave
Noble ...
Alexander WHITELAW (Poetical Antiquary.), 1857
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
Tired out; extreme fatigue: forfoughen; exinanition III. Fatigue, tiredness, lethargy,
worn out: 1. Fatigue: delassation, wan 2. Lacking in vitality, strength; worn out,
spent, lethargic: effete, epicene, languid, thewless; torpid Sluggishness: lentor 4.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Fy on ye, women! why ca' ye me man? “ For it's nae man that l'm used like; “ I am
but like a forfoughen 1. hound, “ Has been fighting in a dirty syke.” " A street in
Carlisle. Forfaughen-'—Quite fatigued. I Syke-Ditch. They liae had him up thro' ...
“This good little gentleman that seems sair forfoughen...in this tuilzie.” Scott, Rob
Roy, 0. 28. Forfecht, far'fext, is to “weary out ” : “Fat needs fowk 'forfecht themsel's
fan they hae plenty?” W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, c. Forfain, far'fen, is “played ...
William Grant, James Main Dixon, 2013
For it's nae man that I'm used like; I am but like a forfoughen □ hound, Has been
fighting in a dirty syke." * They hae had him up through Carlisle town, And set him
by the chimney fire; They gave brave Noble a loaf to eat, And that was little his ...
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Arnold Lee: Or, Rich Children and Poor Children
then she wad sit doun in the snaw, and her face was white white, and her een
were big, and she was sair, sair forfoughen ; she didna greet noo, but she aye
keepit sayin', 'My bairn, my ain bairn, wae 's me for my wee Jenny.' " And she wad
sit ...
Catherine Douglas Bell, 1868
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
am sair forfoughen! Troth, c.-lllant, I think yo hae been amaist the death o' me. " I
could only atone for the alleged offence by fetching her- some refreshment, of
which she readily- partnok. _ “I have been lucky in my partners," I'said“, "first that
...
... in Carlisle._'' Forfoughen-_Quite fatigued. -3 Syke-Ditch. 1 Of the Castle of
Mangertoun, so often mentioned in 98 MINSTRELSY or.
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Waverley Novels: Rob Roy ; [2]
I propose that this good little gentleman that seems sair forfoughen, as I may say,
in this tuilzie, shall send for a tass o' brandy, and I'll pay for another, by way of
archilowe,* and then we'll birl our bawbees a'. round about, like brethren.
