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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1438, 1499-1500, 1617

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Chek, n. [e.m.E. and ME. chek, OF. eschec, eschek. Cf. Chak n.] a. A check in chess. b. Control, supervision. —?1438 Alex. ii. 3846.
‘Amends ȝour chek, shir’, said sho than
a1500 Bk. Chess 2073.
Quhen to the king chek in the feild is maid
1617 Stirling B. Rec. I. 148.
Robert Cox, clerk of the chek of his Majesteis gward

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