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▪ I. fank, n.1 Sc.|fæŋk|
[a. Gael. fang, faing = Ir. fang in same sense.]
A sheep-cot or pen.
1812P. Graham Agric. Stirling xiv. 294 It is necessary to enclose the whole flock in the pen or fank. 1827J. Anderson Ess. State Soc. Highlands 127 Bargains were concluded at the homes and fanks of the farmers. 1883W. C. Smith N.C. Folk 219 When he came to byre or fank.
▪ II. fank, n.2 Sc.
[Cf. fang n. 7.]
A coil of rope; a noose.
1825–80in Jamieson. 1826Scott Jrnl. (1890) I. 255 He..is a prince of Bores, but..like the giant Pope..he can only sit and grin at Pilgrims..and is not able to cast a fank over them as formerly.
▪ III. fank, v. Sc.|fæŋk|
[f. fank n.1]
trans. To put (sheep) in a fank; to pen up (Jam.). Hence fanked ppl. a., penned up; in quot. transf. of a sword: Set fast in the sheath.
a1600Death of Parcy Reed xxviii. in Child Eng. & Sc. Ball. (1890) vii. cxciii. 27/6 Brave Parcy raised his fankit sword, And felld the foremost to the ground. 1923Glasgow Herald 19 Nov. 7 Days..set apart for fanking the sheep. |