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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FEESANT, n. Also †feasine; pheesan, pheasan', phaisant; fazian (Dwn. 1907 Northern Whig (30 Nov.)). Sc. forms of Eng. pheasant. Cf. Ephesian. Reduced dim. form faizie (Ayr. 1923 Wilson Dial. Burns 162). [Sc. ′fi:zən(t), but n.Sc., Per., Fif., Lth., Uls. ′fe:ʒən, Ayr., s.Sc. ′fe:zn(t)]Ags. a.1740 in Sc. N. & Q. (2nd Ser.) X. 93:
Ducks and Turkys and feasine fowls in plentie.
Sc. 1834 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) IV. 98:
I ken naethin about feesants.
Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables 25:
A pheasan', aye oor enemy, Dang doon oor hoose an' gart us flee.
Abd. 1920 G. P. Dunbar Peat Reek 18:
There the peertrick an' feesant, the meercock an' a'.
wm.Sc. 1988 Scotsman 1 Oct 4:
Of the sparrowhawk, some of them still say: "Well, they're sair on the phaisants." Whose phaisants?

[O.Sc. fasand, c.1450, fasiane, 1530. Forms with and without -t are found in E.Mid.Eng. Cf. Norm. Fr. fesant, O.Fr. fesan, Fr. faisan.]

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