Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary
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FADE, sb.1 Yks. Lan. Chs. [fēd, feəd.] The mould
in cheese.
Chs.1 More frequently called Green-fade; Chs.3 s.Chs.1 Blue-fade,
grein-fade.
Hence Faded, ppl. adj. Of cheese: tainted, decayed,
mouldy.
w.Yks.1 The cheese is faded. ne.Lan.1 Chs. Sheaf (1891) I.14.
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FADE, sb.2 w.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Also written faid.
[Not known to our correspondents.] A leader, guide;
applied to the chief or director in games, sports, &c.
The word was not uncommon in the west of Sc. some years ago
and may still be used.
[The formest [ship]... doth fuir before with lantern
and flag, as fade whom the rest should follow, Birnie
Kirk-Buriall (1606), ed. 1833, 25 (N.E.D.).]
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FADE, v. War.4 with out: to clean or clear out.
Maister, when be you agoin to fade out them ponds?
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FADE, see Faddy.

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