A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1446-1447, 1581-1623
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Ȝuikand, Yuiking, Ȝoukand, Ȝeuking, Yeuking, ppl. adj. [Ȝuik v.] a. fig. Of the ears: Straining to hear, esp. what one wants to hear, itching with curiosity. b. Itching, irritated. —a. a1447 Bower Chron. II 376.
The vnlatit woman … Wyth prik ȝoukand eeris, as the awske gleg 1581 Burne Disput. Sig. a viijb.
S. Paul menis be ȝuikand earis, thais quha vil heir na thing … of the panes of hel … bot tha thingis onlie quhilk tendis to libertie and securitie of Goddis fauore, quhatsumeuer synnis thay commit 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 42.
Thir present reiders of the scriptures, wha … hearis thame selfis, or sik as flatters thair ȝeuking earis, and contemnis to heare the doctrine that the lauful pastors of Christs kirk hes euer teachit —b. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 129/146.
Doufe, yuiking [v.r. yeuking] fleshe
