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† fas Obs. (Since OE. only Sc.)
Also 6 fasse, fæs.
[OE. fæs, fas str. neut., cogn. with OHG. faso m., fasa f. (MHG. vase), also MHG. vaser, mod.G. faser, of same meaning.]
1. A border, fringe.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. ix. 20 Wif..ᵹeneolecde..and ᵹehran fas wedes his. 1474Ld. Treas. Accts. Scot. (1877) I. 22 Item vj vnce of silk for fassis. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xxxiv, Fas, nor uther frenzies, had it none. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 137 With fassis fyne nane fairer mycht be found.
2. As the type of something worthless.
1508Ballad in Golagr. & Gaw. sig. b v, Sik gouuernance I call noucht vvorth a fasse. 1513Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 155 Scant worth a fas. |