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freck
/fɹɛk/
verb 1adj 1
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1FRECK + NOUN
auld, carle, wilt
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verb
1
To checker; to diversify.
The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow, / Dusking the sunshine which they seem to cheer, / Meet symbol of the senses and the soul; […]
adj
1
prompt; eager
Ae stride or twa took the silly auld carle, An' a gude lang stride took he. I trow thou art a freck auld carle, Wilt thou show the way to me?
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The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow, / Dusking the sunshine which they seem to cheer, / Meet symbol of the senses and the soul; […]
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Ae stride or twa took the silly auld carle, An' a gude lang stride took he. I trow thou art a freck auld carle, Wilt thou show the way to me?
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