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Ilka, a.1 Also: ilke, ilk a. [North. and north midl. ME. ilka (a 1300), also ilk(e) a.]

1. Each, every = Ilk a.21.(1) c1420 Wynt. iv. 2547 (C).
Ilka man in thar cite Qwhar … born was he … Suld cum
?1438 Alex. ii. 8159.
xl thousand … That deidly thame hates. ilka man
c1450-2 Howlat 880.
Now ilka foull of the firth a fedder sall ta
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 474.
Ilka souerane his ensenye shewin has thair
1514 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 47.
Saiffand ilka mannis richt
a1500 Peblis to Play 230.
At Beltane ilka bodie bound To Peiblis to the play
a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 12 b.
Ilke a man as he loves, let him send to the cooks
(2) 1449 Melville Chart. 33.
His eme sal recompence … his saide scathis, ilka peny or peny wortht
1596 Dalr. I. 151/2.
In quhatsaeuir place ilka stane was sett
a1598 Ferg. Prov. (MS.) No. 852.
Ilk a corne hes the chaff
1686 Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 39.
Latin he speaks at ilka sentence
(3) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 68.
Quhare twa ȝer ay He liffit, in prechinge ilka day Agane the Jowis
c1420 Wynt. viii. 7203.
Ilka yere a justry He gert hald rycht fellonly
c1475 Wall. iv. 500.
Thar vij dayis baide he; On ilka nycht thai spoilȝeid besyle
c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 39.
Quhar drink and draff may ilka day Be cassyne super faciem meam
(4) 1375 Barb. viii. 26.
James of Douglas … Had spyis out on ilka syde
Ib. xvi. 367. c1420 Wynt. iv. 605 (C).
The Sitikkis … Costayande thaim on ilka syde

2. Each (of two). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 82.
A stanchell hang in ilka lug

Ilka, Ilk a, a.2 [Analogically substituted for Ilk a.1] — With that or this: The same. — 14.. Burgh Laws c. 106 (A).
In that ilka steid
a1500 Seven S. 68. c1420 Wynt. iv. 2549 (C).
Ilka man … to that ilka [R. ilke] towne … Suld cum
Ib. vii. 1682.
That ilka [v.rr. ilk] day
a1500 Henr. III. 19/41.
To morne this ilk a tyde

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