theeker Sc. and n. dial.
(ˈθiːkə(r))
[f. theek v. + -er1.]
A thatcher; in early use, a roofer of houses.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 650/27 Hic architector, thekare. 1483 Cath. Angl. 382/2 A Theker, architector, tector (A.). 1554–5 Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1871) II. 360 Item, to ane thekar to theik the thre choippis,..xijs. 1658 N. Riding Rec. VI. 4 To a Theaker by the day... With meate 6{supd}. Without meate 12{supd}. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid i. xx. 132 Robin Rigging the theeker. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (from Caithness to N. Lincolnsh.). |