Sc. Also 6–8 fow, 8 fu’. [var. of FULL a., q.v. for other senses, in which this spelling is no longer commonly used.] Drunk.

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1535.  Lyndesay, Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, 138.

        Na, he is wod drunkin, I trow.
Se ȝe not that he is wod fow?

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1602.  Shetland Law Rep., in Scotsman (1886), 29 Jan., 7/1. Magnus Crasmusson for being fow and drunken, etc.

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1768.  A. Ross, Helenore, III. 113.

        Awa’ she says, fool man, ye’re growing fu’,
Wha ever’s daft the day, it setts na you.

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1785.  Burns, Death & Dr. Hornbk., 13.

        The Clachan yill had made me canty,
I wasna fou, but just had plenty.

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1820.  Scott, Monast., Introd. Epist. He is as fou as a piper by this time.

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1858.  M. Porteous, Souter Johnny, 13.

        The rogue gied monie a hearty smack
When he was fou.

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