Also 8 in Ital. form feccia. [a. It. feccia:—vulgar Latin *fēcia, altered form of L. fæc-em (fæx): see FÆCES.] Dregs of wine.
1704. Lond. Gaz., No. 4037/7. The … Goods left unsold … will be lowered to the following Prizes … the good Sherries to 18l. per But; the Feccia to 24s. per C.
attrib. 1812. J. Smyth, Pract. Customs (1821), 33. Fechia Ashes are the ashes of the grape-vine.
