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Quotation dates: 1894-1900
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†FOITER, v., n.
I. v. To puzzle, perplex (Per. 1900 E.D.D., obsol.). Ppl.adjs. foiterin, puzzling, peculiar, foitered, perplexed, in a difficulty (Fif. 1825 Jam.).Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 37:
Wi' a' his foiterin' weys, there's a winderfu' speerit o' independence aboot Sandy.
II. n. A puzzle, difficulty; a muddle, mess.Per. 1900 E.D.D.:
I have made a complete foiter o' that.
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