Sc. ? Obs. [Possibly the same word as FAIK v.1; cf. ME. use of fold = falter, fail (said of the limbs). But cf. OS. fakôn, MDu. vaeken to slumber.] a. intr. Of the limbs: To fail from weariness; to cease moving. b. trans. To faik never a foot: not to cease from movement.
1768. A. Ross, Helenore (1866), 152.
| Hallach’d and damish’d, and scarce at hersell, | |
| Her limbs they faicked under her and fell. | |
| Ibid. 210. | |
| The lasses now are linking what they dow, | |
| And faiked ne’er a foot for height nor how. |
1808–79. Jamieson, s.v. My feet have never faikit, I have still been in motion.
