A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1570-1595
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Clok, Clock, v. Also: cloik. [ME. clocke, clokke, OE. cloccian.] intr. To cluck. 1513 Doug. xiii. ii. 113.
Hyr byrdis syne, clokkand, scho sekis on raw, … Ennoyt gretly for hir childir deir 1570 Satirical Poems xvi. 83.
They say he can baith quhissill and cloik [: block, Jock], And his mouth full of meill 1590 Bruce Serm. Sacr. E 7 a (J).
Hee clockes to thame, as a hen dois to her chickens 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Glocio, to clock like a henne
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