Sc. Obs. Also farie. Cf. FEERY-FARY. [? Related to FARE sb. 6 c.] A state of tumult or consternation.
1500–20. Dunbar, ‘Full oft I muse,’ 30.
| Lat us in hairt nevir moir be fary, | |
| Bot evir be ready and addrest, | |
| To pass out of this frawfull fary: | |
| For to be blyth me think it best. |
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., Prol., 107.
| Amyd the virgultis all in till a fary, | |
| As feminine so feblit fell I doun. | |
| Ibid. (1513), Æneis, X. xiv. 31. | |
| Meȝentius … baith hys handis in that sammyn steyd | |
| Towart the hevin vphevis in a fary. |
