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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fésóc.
Noun
feusag f (genitive singular feusaig or feusaige, plural feusagan)
- beard
- whiskers
- (dated) barb
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “feusag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC