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† byrˈlakin Obs. Also 6 bylakyn, belakin, byrlakyn, berlaken, 7 birlakin. A contraction of by our Ladykin; cf. prec.a 1528 Skelton Magnyf. 341 By lakyn, Sir, it hath cost. 1548 Warrikin Fair in Gentl. Mag. (1740) Sept., ‘Belakin’ quo hee, ‘but I connau tel’. 1570 Play Wit & Sc. (1848) 52 Byrlakyn! S...
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▪ I. lakin1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈleɪkɪn) Also 5 lakan, lakayn, 5–6 laykin, -yn, 8 laken, laking, 9 (in glossaries) lairkin. [app. connected with lake v.1; cf. ON. leika plaything.] A plaything, toy; in quots. 1440, 1460 said of a baby. Bp. Kennet (c 1700), quoted in Promp. Parv., gives ‘Leikin, a sweet...
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