Sc. Obs. Also 6 fawch. [From the sense app. a variant of FALLOW a.1; the abnormal form may be due to association with FALLOW a.2, of which fauch (see next) is the normal representative in Sc.] = FALLOW a.1 1.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VIII. i. 74.
| A linȝe wattry garmond dyd hym vaill, | |
| Off colour fauch [L. glauco], schaip lyk a hempin sayll. | |
| Ibid., XII., Prol., 108. | |
| Sum grece, sum gowlis, sum purpour, sum sangwane, | |
| Blanchit or brovne, fawch ȝallow mony ane. |
