icker Sc.
(ˈɪkər)
Forms: 6 echer, -ir, 8– icker.
[The Sc. form of ear n.2; repr. the ONorthumb. form eher, æhher.]
An ear of corn.
| 1513 Douglas æneis vii. xiii. 35 Or how feill echirris [ed. 1553 echeris] of corn thik growing..dois hing On Hermy feildis. 1785 Burns To a Mouse iii, A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request. |