quink Sc.
[? Imitative of the cry.]
† 1. A variety of goose, variously identified with the grey-legged goose (Anser ferus) and the brent-goose (Bernicla brenta). Obs.
| 1551 Sc. Acts Mary c. 11 (1814) II. 484 The claik quink and rute the price of the peece xviijd. 1578 Lesley De Orig. Scot. 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. Margin. Vulgus his uocibus eos distinguit: Quinck [etc.]. |
2. The golden-eyed duck.
| 1808 in Jam. 1866 Edmondston Orkney Vocab. 88. |