Note E338 — 53.
Reading edition
"Fieing." "Feigh, Fey, vb. to clean out a drain, gutter or cesspool. 'Paid to John Lavghton in haruest for feighinge the milne becke.'—Kirton in Lindsey Ch. Acc. 1582. George Todd's feyin' out the sink hole."—Peacock's Glossary, E. Dial. Soc. 1877. To fey a ditch or pond is to empty and clean it; and the mud taken from such places, if mixed with lime or chalk, forms an excellent compost for pasture grounds.—M. Cf. Icel. fægja, to cleanse, whence our word is derived.