† ˈfailyie Sc. Obs.
Also 6 failȝe, (7 printed failzie).
[a. OF. faille: see fail n.]
a. Failure, non-performance; also, an instance of this. b. Consequent liability to a penalty.
| 1551 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) 488 He sall content and pay for euerie failȝie [of ane act] ane hundreth markis. 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 5760 The fraudfull failȝeis Off Schireffis, Prouestis, and of Bailȝeis. 1640–1 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 40 Ane thousand merks, to be peyit to the Committie..in case of failzie. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1792) II. 225 It was a snare devised to draw gentlemen under failzies. |