Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1834-1840
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†FILSH, adj. Also filch, filsch. Weak from illness, hunger or exhaustion; faint (Lth. 1808 Jam., filsch; Lnk.10 1927).Lnl. 1834 J. Watt in Poets Lnl. (ed. Bisset 1896) 76:
Joints grow sae filch, slim, powerless a', They winna play their part ava.Ayr. 1840 Anon. in Carrick Anthol. (ed. Finlayson 1925) 225:
Corn to mill, while markets swither; Horses filsh in plough or brake.
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