sb. (a.) Obs. Sc. Also 6 faizard, fasert. [Of unknown etymology; according to] Jamieson faizard is used in some parts for a hermaphrodite fowl.]
1. A coward, dastard.
1597. Montgomerie, Cherrie & Slae, 377.
| To faȝarts, hard haȝarts | |
| Is deid or they cum thair. | |
| Ibid., 632. | |
| Þon faiȝardis durst not, for thair neck, | |
| Clim vp the craig. |
2. attrib. or adj. Cowardly, dastardly.
1508. Kennedy, Flyting w. Dunbar, 517. Fowmart, fasert, fostirit in filth and fen.
