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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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FAIMISH, v. Also femish, †faimes. See S, letter, 1. (1). Sc. forms of Eng. famish. For vowel sound cf. note to Faimily.Sc. 1721 A. Macdonald Clan Donald (1904) III. 664:
Many souls by all appearance faimes'd for want of subsistence.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.:
I was faimishin for my denner.Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 36:
I dinna believe bit ye've been claiken here, ye limmer, on-thocht o' maskin a cup o' tay, an' Jimmie near femisht.