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† langfad Sc. Obs., original form (a. Gaelic langfhada, f. lang ship + fhada long) of lymphad, q.v.1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 43 With mony galyouns and lang faddis. 1641 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. [407] The numbre of Bottis or Lime Faddis.
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fad
▪ I. fad, n.1 dial. (fæd)1825 Brockett Gloss. N.C. Words 66 Fad, faud, a bundle of straw, twelve of which make a thrave. 1863 Robson Bards of Tyne 135 Aw' thowt aboot the fad o' straw.▪ II. fad, n.2 (fæd) [Etym. unknown; widely current in dialects (chiefly midland), and thence recently adopted in ge...
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lymphad
lymphad (ˈlɪmfæd) Also 7 lum-, lime-, lymfad. [corruption of Gael. longfhada: see langfad.] A one-masted galley propelled by oars. Now only Hist.; and Her. borne as a charge in the arms of some Scottish families.1536 [see langfad]. 1608 in Burt's Lett. N. Scotl. (1818) II. App. 238 Destroyit the hai...
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