siccan, a. Sc. and north.
(ˈsɪkən)
Forms: 6 sikkin, sickin, 6, 8 sicken, 8– siccan, etc.
[f. sic a. + kin n.1 6 b.]
Such, such-like.
| 1513 Douglas æneid v. xii. 69 Thus as he mvsis, stad in sikkin dowt. 1573 Satir. Poems Reform. xli. 58 For thow may rew by all the rest That this day thow wants sickin ane. 1589 Marprel. Epit. B, He hath giuen the cause sicken a wipe in his bricke. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. ii, My lad frae books can gather siccan sense. 1786 Har'st Rig xl, Minden plain, Whare siccan heaps o' French were slain. 1816 Scott Antiq. xxi, The savour of the wallflowers, and siccan shrubs as grow on thae ruined wa's. 1899 Crockett Kit Kennedy 96 There never was siccan a boy as that Kit o' yours. |