fecht

British  

/ fɛxt /

verb

1. a Scot word for fight

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Other Word Forms

• fechter
  noun

Example Sentences

You're unco white about the gills already, but wae worth the rigging o' you if ye dinna fecht.

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon

‘My certie,’ he roars, ‘there’s the shine frae Heaven on that little minister’s face, and them as says there’s no has me to fecht.’

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

“Did you ever hear of a McKay objectin’ to a fecht, Antoine?”

From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Now," said Speug, speaking from halfway up the stair, "we'll start with thae balls for a beginnin', and wi' them we'll fecht our way out to the open.

From Young Barbarians by Maclaren, Ian

I'll fecht them wi' barley bannocks and dauds o' butter.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander