feck

& a. [Etym. doubtful.] A. As substantive: 1. A part of a thing. "I hae been through France and the Low Countries, and a' Poland, and maist feck o' Germany."-Scott: Waverley , ch. xxxvi. 2. Space, quantity. 3. Strength, value, vigor. B. As adj .: Fresh, vigorous, active, strong.