FADGE

Etymology 1

Verb

fadge (third-person singular simple present fadges, present participle fadging, simple past and past participle fadged)

(obsolete, intransitive) To be suitable (with or to something).

(obsolete, intransitive) To agree, to get along (with).

(obsolete, intransitive) To get on well; to cope, to thrive.

(Geordie) To eat together.

(Yorkshire, of a horse) To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

Etymology 2

Noun

fadge (plural fadges)

(Ireland) Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.

(New Zealand) A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.

(Geordie) A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.

(Yorkshire) A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

Source: Wiktionary


Fadge, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. f to join, unit, G. fügen, or AS. afægian to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit.]

Definition: To fit; to suit; to agree. They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together. Milton. Well, Sir, how fadges the new design Wycherley.

Fadge, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERTRIGO

(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)


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