fugien.
Scottish. Obsolete exc. Historical.
A cock that will not fight; a runaway. Hence as a term of abuse, a coward.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)
coward?a1289
hen-hearta1450
staniel?a1500
pigeon?1571
cow1581
quake-breech1584
cow-baby1594
custard1598
chicken heart1602
nidget1605
hen?1613
faintling1614
white-liver1614
chickena1616
quake-buttocka1627
skitterbrooka1652
dunghill1761
cow-heart1768
shy-cock1768
fugie1777
slag1788
man of chaff1799
fainter1826
possum1833
cowardy, cowardy, custard1836
sheep1840
white feather1857
funk1859
funkstick1860
lily-liver1860
faint-heart1870
willy boy1895
blert1905
squib1908
fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23
manso1912
feartie1923
yellowbelly1927
chicken liver1930
boneless wonder1931
scaredy-cat1933
sook1933
pantywaist1935
punk1939
ringtail1941
chickenshit1945
candy-ass1953
pansy-ass1963
unbrave1981
bottler1994
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock > that will not fight
craven1611
coward1684
fugie1777
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > fighting cock > that will not fight
fugie1777
1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1813) I. 61 The School-masters were said to preside at the Battle, and claimed the run~away Cocks, called Fugees, as their perquisites.
1785 Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. 29 How foul's the bibble he spits out, Fan he ca's me a fugee!
1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxviii. 418 The birds..were converted into droits, under the ill-omened name of fugies.
1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. xiv. 478 The master..enjoyed the perquisite of all the runaway cocks, called fugies.
Compounds
fugie-warrant n. a warrant granted against a debtor, on a sworn information that he intends to flee.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > warrant > types of warrant
searchery1541
letter (also commission, gift) of searchery1566
reprieve1602
bench warrant1680
death warrant1692
fastener1699
search warrant1700
lettre de cachet1715
capital commitment1742
peace warrant1772
speciality1815
fugie-warrant1816
arrest warrant1824
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 213 ‘Aye,’ said Ochiltree, ‘that will be what they ca' the fugie-warrants.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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