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English
Noun
fauch (plural fauches)
- Alternative form of faunch
Verb
fauch (third-person singular simple present fauches, present participle fauching, simple past and past participle fauched)
- 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)
- To plough; to harrow; to prepare fallow ground for planting.
- (by extension) To scratch, to scrub; to toil, to work hard, to work quickly; to scrounge; to beat.
Noun
fauch (plural fauchs)
- (obsolete) Part of a field alternately tilled and left fallow.
- Fallow ground; unploughed ground.
- Action of ploughing or harrowing previously unploughed ground.
- (figurative) Slander, denigration; tearing (one) to pieces.
Adjective
fauch (comparative ?, superlative ?)
- Fallow.
- Dun; pale red; light (colored).
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