the feck

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the feck - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Feck \Feck\, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.]
     1. Effect. [Obs.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  
              He had a feck o' books wi' him.       --R. L.
                                                    Stevenson.
  
     The most feck, or The feck, the greater or larger part.
        "The feck o' my life." --Burns.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]