sacket
(ˈsækɪt)
Also 5 sakett, 6 sakket, 9 sackit.
[a. OF. saquet, dim. of sac sack n.1; cf. sachet.]
1. A bag. Obs. exc. dial.
| c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 307 A grete sakett full of mony in his hand. 1520 M. Nisbet N.T. Scots Luke x. 4 Tharfor will ye nocht bere a sacket [Wycl. sachel], nouthir scrippe, nouthir schonne. 1549 Compl. Scot. xvi. 138 Euerye man of this varld baris tua sakkettis vitht hym [viz., one before him containing his neighbour's faults, the other behind containing his own; see Phædrus Fab. iv. x]. 1632 Lithgow Trav. x. 449 My Linnen, Letters, and Sacket was lying in my hostery. 1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece i. i. 34 Fill with this Powder a little square Bag or Sacket of Sarsenet. 1834 Smart Rhymes 102 (E.D.D.) It was a weel-filled weighty sacket. |
2. dial. as a term of reproach or abuse: see E.D.D. (Cf. G. sack in similar use.)
| 1868 R. M. Fergusson Village Poet (1897) 155 Ye needna craw, ye sneerin' sackit. 1889 Barrie Window in Thrums xxi, ‘If he ever comes back, the sacket (rascal)’, T'nowhead said to Jess, ‘we'll show 'im the door gey quick’. |