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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 ...
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swilkins
† swilkin(s, a. Obs. [f. swilk + kin n.1 6 b. Cf. siccan.] = suchkin.a 1300 Cursor M. 857 (Cott.) Leue we now o suilkin spell Of our stori forth to tell. Ibid. 18064 He þat suilkins mightes moght.
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suchkin
† suchkin, a. Obs. In 3 swulches cunnes, 4 suchekin, 5 sichekyns. [f. such a. + kin n.1 6 b. Survives in dial. (chiefly n.midl.) suchen a, sichen a. Parallel forms are swilkin, siccan.] Of such a kind, this kind of.c 1205 Lay. 20337 Mid swulches cunnes ginnes Baldulf com wið innen. c 1375 Cursor M. ...
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thissen
thissen, adv. dial. (ˈðɪs(ə)n) Also 9 this'ne, this(-)en, thisn, this'ns. [perh. reduced from thiskin: cf. dial. siccan = swilk-kin, that'n what'n = whatkin.] In this way or manner. Usually a thissen or thissens, in this way, thus. (Some so understand Bottom's Thisne in Shakes. Mids. N. i. ii. 54.)a...
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ca'-thro'
ca'-thro' Sc. [f. ca', call, in sense ‘drive’ + through prep.] ‘A great disturbance’ (Jamieson).1816 Scott Antiq. xxiv, There was siccan a ca'-thro', as the like was never seen. 1818 ― Hrt. Mid. xvi, Ye never saw sic a ca'throw.
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certie
certie, certy Sc. (ˈsɜːtɪ, Sc. ˈsɛrtɪ) [In my certies, which is in use as well as my certie, the word may be identical with certes, taken as a plural n., of which certie would be the assumed singular. But the history of the phrase is not clear; and it is difficult to say whether by my certy (certes)...
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clamihewit
clamihewit Sc. (ˌklæmɪˈhjuɪt) Also clame-, clammy-, clawmi-, clam-. [Etymol. unknown. Jamieson offered the guess claw my heued or head: but heued has been obs. in north. dial. for 500 years.] A drubbing, a blow. Also a misfortune. (Jamieson).a 1774 Fergusson Hallowfair Poet. Wks. (1845) 15 Frae a st...
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screak
▪ I. screak, n. Now chiefly dial. (skriːk) For forms see the vb. [f. screak v.] 1. A shrill cry; a shrill grating sound.1513 Douglas æneis ii. xii. 14 The ȝing childring, and frayit matrounis eik, Stude all on raw, with mony peteous screik. Ibid. iv. viii. 111 And oft with wild skrek the nycht oule,...
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stalwart
stalwart, a. Now literary. (ˈstɔːlwət, ˈstælwət) Forms: 4 stalouart, -wart, (stawlouart), stalawrt, 4–5 stallwart, 5 stal(l)uart, stalwert, 4–6, 9 stalwart. [A 16th c. Sc. form of stalworth a., brought into Eng. use by Scott.] A. adj. 1. Of persons († and animals): Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy...
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skow
▪ I. † scow, skow, n.1 Sc. Obs. [Possibly a. Du. schouw (see next) in an unrecorded sense; the HG. etymological equivalent, schalte, has in Bavarian dialects the sense ‘wood for coopers, thin laths’ (Deutsches Wb. s.v.).] pl. Strips of wood for wattle-work, barrel-staves, fixing thatch, etc.1524–5 B...
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peely-wally
peely-wally, a. Sc. (ˈpiːlɪwɒlɪ, -ˈwalɪ) Also peelie-wallie and as one word. [‘Orig. prob. imit. of a whining, feeble sound’ (Sc. Nat. Dict.). Cf. Eng. dial. pee-wee whining, small (E.D.D.), and wallydrag.] Pale, feeble, sickly, ill-looking.1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 208 Peelie, thin; meagre.—Peelie...
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scraping
▪ I. scraping, vbl. n. (ˈskreɪpɪŋ) [-ing1.] 1. a. The action of the verb scrape in various senses. Also in fig. phr. scrapings of the barrel (see scrape v. 5 d).c 1440 Promp. Parv. 450/2 Scrapynge, or schawynge, rasura, abrasio. 1577 Holinshed Chron. II. 1189/1 The Abbot of saint Albons sent the bok...
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ploy
▪ I. † ploy, n.1 Obs. Also 6 ploye. [a. OF. ploi m. or ploie f.:—late L. *plica a fold. Cf. MDu. plôie, Du. plooi, MLG. ploy a fold, also from Fr.] ? A ply or fold.1550–1600 Customs Duties (B.M. Add. MS. 25097), Henego cloth in longe ploye, the pece xxiiij s. 1662 Stat. Irel. (1765) II. 411 Elbing o...
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thrum
▪ I. † thrum, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1 þrymm, 1–2 þrym, 3–4 þrum, 4 þrom, 4–5 throm, throme, 5 thrumme. [app. OE. þrymm a host, a great body of people, a multitude (also strength, might, majesty, glory); cf. OS. thrumme in mid heruthrummeon ‘with hostile power or strength’; cf. OS. thrimman to swell; also ...
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shine
▪ I. shine, n.1 (ʃaɪn) [f. shine v. Cf. sheen n.1 WGer. had a synonymous form derived from the vb.: OS., OHG. scîn (Du. schijn, MHG. schîn, mod.G. schein); also OE. sc{iacu}n spectre (if the vowel be long).] 1. a. Brightness or radiance shed by a luminary or an illuminant.a 1529 Skelton P. Sparowe 1...
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