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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶FECKLE, v. To mend, repair, patch, put in order. Nonce variant or erron. form of Fettle, v.1Lnk. 1947 G. Rae Sandy McCrae 165:
There's nae grund in a' the gairden sae fashious to feckle an' feed as leek grund. Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 79:
Auld saecond-haun brechams, feckled up as new.
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