▪ I. eik Sc.
(iːk)
1. ‘The liniment used for greasing sheep’ (Jam.).
2. ‘A sort of unctuous perspiration that oozes through the pores of the skin of sheep in warm weather (Roxb.); often called sheep-eik’ (Jam.).
| 1641 Parl. Proc. 8 Sept. in Scotch Acts (1870) V. 598 Bicaus the eik and filthines of the samene [wooll] is a great prejudice to the workeris thairof. |
▪ II. eik
Sc. form of eke n. and v.