fauch

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English

Noun

fauch (plural fauches)

  1. Alternative form of faunch

Verb

fauch (third-person singular simple present fauches, present participle fauching, simple past and past participle fauched)

  1. Alternative form of faunch

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

Old Scots faulch, from Old English fealh "fallow land".

Pronunciation

Verb

fauch (third-person singular simple present fauchs, present participle fauchin, simple past faucht, past participle faucht)

  1. To plough; to harrow; to prepare fallow ground for planting.
  2. (by extension) To scratch, to scrub; to toil, to work hard, to work quickly; to scrounge; to beat.

Noun

fauch (plural fauchs)

  1. (obsolete) Part of a field alternately tilled and left fallow.
  2. Fallow ground; unploughed ground.
  3. Action of ploughing or harrowing previously unploughed ground.
  4. (figurative) Slander, denigration; tearing (one) to pieces.

Adjective

fauch (comparative ?, superlative ?)

  1. Fallow.
  2. Dun; pale red; light (colored).

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