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Faschious, Fashious, -eous, a. Also: faschius, -eous, -eows(e, -eowsse; fashiows; faschus, -wus, fashouse, fachous; fasch-, fasheux; fescheous, fessious. [OF. fascheux, F. fâcheux, f. fascher Fasch v.] Troublesome, bothersome, annoying.(a) 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xlv.
It wer bot ane faschious and vane laubour a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 617.
Thay ar maire faschious nor of feck 1596 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 890.
For eschewing of faschious and langsome disputatiouns 1645 Baillie II. 260.
Mr. D. Cald[erwood] wes oft faschious with his very rude and humorous opposition 1665 Lauder Journal 96.
Perruvicks, besides they are most faschious … are wery unwholsome(b) 1568 Buch. Indict. 36.
This faschius and extraordinare trawaill … put hir in extreme infirmitie 1579 Waus Corr. I. 199.
I heif bein faschius mair vn to your L. nor I was willing about my hors 1600-1610 Melvill 329.
That cost us a faschius jorney to St Jhonstoun(c) 1562-3 Winȝet II. 80/16.
That my memorie … mot be … be fascheous prolixitie nocht ouirlaidin 1580 Cath. Tr. 70/6.
Be reason I fear to be fascheows vnto thé, I will mak ane end 1596 Crim. Trials I. 363.
Becaus it wes then thocht to be verie trublesum and fasheous [etc.] c 1610 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 193.
Humblie crawing ȝowr maiesteis pardowne for this my … fascheowsse lettir(d) 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 205.
That … we [mycht be] releavit of ane fashious burding that we haue 1587-99 Hume Tr. Consc. vi. 24.
All earthly recreation wil bee mair fashious nor delectable vnto him 1606 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 76.
Not preswming to be farther fashiows to ȝour hienes 1640 Baillie I. 276.
The way of proceeding was fashious both to ours and the English Commissioners 1662 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 295.
Having now putt ane end to some fashious busines 1698 Cromarty Corr. I. 128.
I will not trouble your Lordship with reading the fashious account of my circumstances(e) 1596 Maxwell Mem. II. 186.
Craiving your pardon for this my faschwus lettir 1604 Rep. Mar & Kellie MSS. 52.
Ane antidote to our fashouse and frowarde Parliament c 1613 Haddington Corr. 125.
Feiring to be faschus, I commit you to God's keping 1675 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 11.
Which we hope may be a means to curb that fachous humour(f) 1588 Reg. Privy C. IV. 302.
Beggars … usand thameselffs in maist … fasheux maner 1602 Colville Parænese Ep. 2.
Daylie experience doth tech vs no thing to be more fascheux and vnacceptabill