English

Noun

fauch ‎(plural fauches)

1. Alternative form of faunch

Verb

fauch ‎(third-person singular simple present fauches, present participle fauching, simple past and past participle fauched)

1. Alternative form of faunch

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːx/
• IPA^(key): /fjɑːx/

Etymology

Old Scots faulch, from Old English fealh "fallow land".

Verb

fauch ‎(third-person singular present fauchs, present participle fauchin, past faucht, past participle faucht)

1. To plough; to harrow; to prepare fallow ground for planting.
2. (by extension) To scratch, to scrub; to toil, to work hard, to work quickly; to scrounge; to beat.

Noun

fauch ‎(plural fauchs)

1. (obsolete) Part of a field alternately tilled and left fallow.
2. Fallow ground; unploughed ground.
3. Action of ploughing or harrowing previously unploughed ground.
4. (figuratively) Slander, denigration; tearing (one) to pieces.

Adjective

fauch ‎(comparative ?, superlative ?)

1. Fallow.
2. Dun; pale red; light (colored).

References

• “fauch” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh"
• "FAUCH" in J. Jamieson A Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1846) OCLC 67961200