† ˈfumishing Obs.
Also 6–7 fewmishing, (6 femysshyng, femishing), 7–8 fimashing.
[app. f. OF. femer, fumer to dung (see fumet2), + -ish (on the analogy of vbs. a. Fr. vbs. in -iss-, -ir) + -ing1.]
The excrement (of a deer). Cf. fumets.
| 1527 St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 598 The scantlyn and femysshyng of such deir. 1575 [see crotey n.]. 1596 Harington Metam. Ajax 32 Doth not the keeper..shew you his femishing? 1598 J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. §6 (1615) 45 Of all Deere, the ordure is called fewmets or fewmishing. 1726 Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Fimashing (among Hunters), the Dunging of any sort of wild Beasts. |