† frearen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= frail n.1
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1565 Aberd. Reg. V. 25 (Jam.) Fywe half frearis of feggis.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 292 Ane frear of feggis.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 101 Quhilk was convoyit to the castell of Edinburgh in a freare of feggis.
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