sb. Also 9 faik, fauk. A name applied dial. to one of the three species of the Auk; the Razor-bill.
1698. M. Martin, Voy. St. Kilda, 61. The Bird, by the inhabitants called the Falk, the Rasor-Bill in the West of England.
1766. Pennant, Zool. (1768), II. 148. Razor-bill. The Falk.
1806. P. Neill, Tour Orkney & Shetland, 197. Bawkie, Razor bill, Alca Torda. In the Hebrides this bird is called Falk or faik.
