† fas Obs. (Since OE. only Sc.)
Also 6 fasse, fæs.
[OE. fæs, fas str. neut., cogn. with OHG. faso m., fasa f. (MHG. vase), also MHG. vaser, mod.G. faser, of same meaning.]
1. A border, fringe.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. ix. 20 Wif..ᵹeneolecde..and ᵹehran fas wedes his. 1474 Ld. Treas. Accts. Scot. (1877) I. 22 Item vj vnce of silk for fassis. 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xxxiv, Fas, nor uther frenzies, had it none. 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 137 With fassis fyne nane fairer mycht be found. |
2. As the type of something worthless.
| 1508 Ballad in Golagr. & Gaw. sig. b v, Sik gouuernance I call noucht vvorth a fasse. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 155 Scant worth a fas. |