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† ˈfeery-fary Obs. Sc.
Forms: 6 fery fary, fe(i)rie farye, fiery fairy, 7 feery fary, 8 fearie-fairy.
[reduplicated form of fary.]
‘Bustle, confusion’ (Jam.).
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 109 The ferie farye..Wes maid that tyme at mariage of our king. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 252 Quha reft me, and left me In sik a feirie⁓farye. 1641R. Baillie Jrnl. & Lett. (1775) I. xxviii. 285 Chamber and table discourse, for argument, flum-flams, and fearie-fairies, could not be treasons. a1724Battle of Harlaw ii. in Evergreen (1761) I. 78 All Folks war in a fiery fairy. |