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▪ I. fash, n.1 Sc. and north. dial.|fæʃ| [f. fash v.1] Trouble, vexation; bother, inconvenience; also, something that gives trouble. to take (the) fash: to take (the) trouble, to be at the pains.
1794Burns Addr. to Toothache iv, Of a'..The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools, Thou bear'st the gree. 1808E. Hamilton Cottagers of Glenburnie (ed. 2) 150 We have never ta'en the fash to put it by. 1816Scott Old Mort. iv, ‘Clergy and captains can gie an unco deal o' fash in thae times.’ 1832–53Whistle-binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. iii. 111 Weel kennin' it [cash] only wad breed me mair fash. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Fash, trouble, inconvenience. 1861Ramsay Remin. Ser. ii. 175 When there's ony fash or trouble, The deevil a thing you'll do at a'. 1868G. Macdonald R. Falconer II. 252, ‘I didna think ye wad hae ta'en sae muckle fash.’ ▪ II. fash, n.2 dial.|fæʃ| [? var. of fas, OE. fæs.] A fringe; anything resembling a fringe. It is doubtful whether the first quot. belongs here: the word might be a. OF. faisse:—L. fascia band.
1558Richmond. Wills (Surtees) XXVI. 128 A fashe of silke and sewed withe gold. 1847–78in Halliwell. 1877Holderness Gloss., Fash, the long hair of a horse's legs. b. dial. The tops of carrots, turnips or mangolds.
c1750J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) Lanc. Dialect Gloss., Fash, the tops of turnips, etc. 1847in Halliwell. c. A rough edge or ridge left on nails, cast bullets, etc.
1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 215 The perfection of cut nails, consists principally in the shank being..free from fash. Ibid. 335 The teeth [of the saw] are severally filed to a sharp point, and the wiry edges, or fash..completely removed. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Fash, the mark left by the moulds upon cast bullets. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Fash, a burr or roughness on anything. Hence fash a., hairy.
1877Holderness Gloss., ‘His legs is varry fash.’ ▪ III. fash, n.3 slang.|fæʃ| [Shortened form.] Abbrev. of fashion n. Cf. *fash a.
1895W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Fash, fashion. 1986Washington Post Mag. 2 Nov. 43/1 Two heaps on the floor afforded a primer on kiddie fash ins and outs. ▪ IV. fash, a. slang.|fæʃ| [Shortened form.] Abbrev. of fashionable a. Cf. *fash n.3
1977Fremdsprachen XXI. 122 Fash (fashionable)—siehe Fab. 1983Listener 20 Oct. 25/3 David Thomson seems sadly aloof from all this, on his bar-stool in what Roy Brooks would call the ‘fash’ end of town. 1985Hair Summer 3/1 Flash and fash feeling for a successful new season style. ▪ V. fash, v.1 Chiefly Sc. and north. dial.|fæʃ| Also 6–7 fasch(e, fashe (? 6 fach). [a. OFr. fascher (Fr. fâcher).] 1. trans. To afflict, annoy, trouble, vex. Also, to give trouble to, bother, weary. Also refl. and to fash one's beard, head, thumb: to take trouble.
1533Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 393 The Veanis war sa faschit be continuall ambicioun and desire of honouris. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lvii. 128 Behold.. How thordinance lieth flies fer and ner to fach..how euerie peece..Hath a spider gonner with redy fired mach. 1637Rutherford Lett. cxlv. (1862) I. 342 Fash Christ (if I may speak so) and importune Him. 1723Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 45 Be not fashed if you miss a letter. 1725Ramsay Gent. Sheph. iii. ii, Howe'er I get them, never fash your beard. 1823Galt Entail III. ii. 21 Ne'er fash your head wi' your father's dodrums. 1824Scott Redgauntlet Let. xi, ‘Never fash yoursel' wi' me..but look to yoursel'.’ 1861Ramsay Remin. Ser. ii. 125 What gars your horse's tail wag that way? it's fashed wi a wakeness. 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold ii, He..never fashed his thumb about his debt. 1874Helps Soc. Press. iv. (1875) 60 People fash themselves about..dim and distant dangers. 1876Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘Deeant fash your beard anent it.’ 2. intr. for refl. To weary, be annoyed; to bother or trouble oneself; to take trouble. Const. of.
1585James I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 74 Then woundred I..how they did them selfis so farr begyle, To fashe of tyme. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 597 Of our fellowschip ȝou fasche. Ibid. 1435 For feir folk maun not fash. 1721J. Kelly Collect. Scot. Proverbs 390 You soon fash of a good office. a1810Tannahill Poems (1846) 70 Wha..wad fash to scribble, Expecting scorn for a' his trouble? 1821Galt Ann. Parish Dalmailing 229 The dinner was a little longer of being on the table than usual, at which he began to fash. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xviii. 178 ‘They didnae stop to fash with me!’ Hence fashed, ppl. a. Troubled, worried.
1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 296 The mair I wrestlit with the wynd, The faschter still myself I fynd. ▪ VI. fash, v.2 dial.|fæʃ| [f. fash n.2] To cut off the tops (of turnips, etc.).
1882Lanc. Gloss., Fash, to pare, to cut off. 1884Chesh. Gloss., Fashing turnips is generally done by piecework. |