† ˈfagald, faggald Sc. Obs.
[Corrupt form of faggot.]
A faggot.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 615 Gret fagalds [ed. Skeat flaggatis] tharoff thai maid Gyrdyt with irne bands braid. c 1470 Henry Wallace xi. 897 Full feill fagaldys in to the dyk thai cast. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 146 Congall..Richt mony fagald all that nycht gart mak. 1829 Hogg Sheph. Cal. II. 18 I'm sure ony o' them's worth a faggald of thee. |