dial. Also faud. [Of obscure origin; cf. FAD sb.1, FEALD; also fawdom, Sc. var. of FATHOM.] A bundle.
1641. H. Best, Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641 (Surtees), 18. Wheare yow see that the water gets yssue and findes vente, yow may thruste in and ramme downe fawdes of strawe.
1876. Whitby Gloss., Faud, a truss of straw; as much as the two arms will compass.
