kebbuck Sc.
(ˈkɛbək)
Forms: 5–6 cabok, 7 kebeck, 8 cabbac(k, 9 kebbock, kibbock, (kebec), 8– kebbuck.
[Of obscure origin: Gael. càbag cheese, not in Irish, may be from Sc.]
A cheese: sometimes denoting a special kind (see quot. 1816). Formerly also a kebbuck of cheese.
| c 1470 Henryson Mor. Fab. x. (Fox & Wolf) xviii, Ye sall ane cabok haif in to your hand. Ibid. xxiv. 1493 Acta Audit. (1839) 176/2 A cabok of cheiss takin for a halfpenny. 1565 Prestwick Burgh Rec. (1834) 68 Ane cabok of cheys. 1715 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. xx, A kebbuck..that maist could creep. 1785 Burns Cotter's Saturday Nt. xi, The dame brings forth..To grace the lad, her weel-hained kebbuck. 1816 Scott Old Mort. viii, A huge kebbock—a cheese, that is, made with ewe-milk mixed with cow's milk. 1893 Crockett Stickit Minister 276 A little round kebbuck. |
| attrib. 1787 Burns Holy Fair xxv, An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel, Let lasses by affronted. |