fauch

Etymology
Old Scots, from "fallow land".

Verb

 * 1) To plough; to harrow; to prepare fallow ground for planting.
 * 2)  To scratch, to scrub; to toil, to work hard, to work quickly; to scrounge; to beat.

Noun

 * 1)  Part of a field alternately tilled and left fallow.
 * 2) Fallow ground; unploughed ground.
 * 3) Action of ploughing or harrowing previously unploughed ground.
 * 4)  Slander, denigration; tearing (one) to pieces.

Adjective

 * 1) Fallow.
 * 2) Dun; pale red; light (colored).