Sc. and north. dial. [Of uncertain origin; perh. a. or cognate with ON. fuð neut., cunnus, = MHG. vut (mod.Ger. hundsfott used as a term of abuse); formally identical with Skr. putau dual, buttocks.]
1. ‘The backside or buttocks’ (Jam.).
1785. R. Forbes, Poems in Buchan Dial., 5.
| An’ frae the weir he did back hap, | |
| An’ turn’d to us his fud: | |
| An’ gar’d the hale-ware o’ us trow | |
| That he was gane-clean wud. |
1804. Tarras, Poems, 99.
| I aike, an’ wad yir heavy fud gie | |
| A piercin pike. |
2. The tail or ‘scut’ of a hare, rabbit, etc.
1787. Burns, Tam Samson, vii. Ye maukins cock your fud fu’ braw, Withouten dread.
1833. M. Scott, Tom Cringle, xvii. (1859), 459. Do you cock your fud at me, you tiny thief you?—he struck at it with his stick. Tip the duck dived and did not rise again.
1847. in Halliwell; and in various dial. glossaries.
3. Woollen-manuf. [Perh. a different word. Cf. FOOD 4 b.]
1873. Weale’s Dict. Archit. (ed. 3), Fud, woollen waste.
1892. Labour Commission Gloss., Fudd, the refuse or dirt cleaned out of the materials during the processes of scribbling and carding.
