Sc. Obs. Also 7 erron. lime fad. [a. Gaelic long fhada (where long is the sb.: cf. W. llong, ship) long ship.] A kind of war-vessel.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. 43. With mony galyouns and lang faddis.
1641. in Rushw., Hist. Coll., III. (1692), I. [407]. The numbre of Bottis or Lime Faddis.
