Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 farntikylle, ferntyklle, 6 fayrntikle, 9 fantic(k)le, farntic(k)le, Sc. fairnitickle. ‘A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern’ (W.).

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 123/1. A Farntikylle, lenticula. Ibid., 128/1. A Ferntykylle, cesia.

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1551.  Turner, Herbal, I. (1568), P iij a. Rocket … taketh away frekles or fayrntikles with vinegre.

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1876.  Whitby Gloss., Farnticles … the brown ‘pin point pops’ clustered in the complexion.

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  Hence Fernticled ppl. a., freckled.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 123/1. Farntykylde, lentiginosus.

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1719.  D’Urfey, Pills, VI. 351.

          And pluggy fac’d Wat of the Mill;
And there’ll be farnicled Huggy.

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1880.  Antrim & Down Gloss., Farn-tickled.

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