Show Search Results Show Browse

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1916

[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]

‡FILBOW, n. Also felba. A blow, whack, thump (Abd. 1825 Jam.; Mearns5 1944). [′fɪ̢lbə]Abd. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.:
He wudna behave, so she gied him a felba.

[Origin obscure. Phs. a variant of Filp, a fillip, the second syllable arising from o [on] in such expressions as a filp o 'e lug by wrong division.]

You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.

"Filbow n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/filbow>

11035

snd

Hide Advanced Search

Browse SND:

    Loading...

Share: