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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fazart, -arde, n. Also: fasart, -ert, faisart, fas-, faiss-, faizard. [Of obscure origin.] a. A hermaphrodite fowl (Jam. s.v. Faizart). b. A weakling; a coward. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 517.
Fowmart, fasert [M. fasart], fostirit in filth and fen c1550 Rolland C. Venus Prol. 203.
[It is als] incontrair his complexioun [As ane f]asert to fecht with ane falcoun a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 364.
To fazarts hard hazarts Is dead or thay come thaire Ib. 618.
Ȝone faissard [v.r. faizardis, fasarddis] durst not … Clime vp the craig with us 1626 Garden Worthies 36.
Wrong & violence Done to my countrie … Could nought bot force a fazarde for to fight 1638 in Smellie Men of Covenant i. 5.
Silly, ignorant fools, fearful fasards, women & boys 1641 Bk. Pasquils 137.
When any Popish faisart [: haizart] For Prelats' quarrels dar to fight