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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Colik(e, Collik, n. Also: colick, -eck; collic, -ick(e. [e.m.E. collick(e, -yke, ME. colyke, -ike (c 1440), L. colica: see Colica,n.] Colic.a1500 Henr. III. 151/37.
Is nocht bettir, I wis, For the collik 1533 Boece vi. ii. 188 b.
The king … was trublit be flux of wame abone mesure be moving of ane colike 1549 Compl. 57/5.
Diuers maladeis, as of fluxis, caterris, collic and gut a1605 Montg. Flyt. 294 (T).
The coche, the connoche, the collik [H. colik], and the cauld
